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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1225 AM EDT WED JUN 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 330 AM EDT



* AT 1225 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 

SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE 

SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.  MILL RUN AND MCINTIRE RUN NEAR 

ELLIOTTSVILLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL...WITH RADAR 

ESTIMATES SHOWING NEARLY TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE 

PAST HOUR.  IF YOU LIVE NEAR THESE AREAS STAY ALERT FOR RAPID 

RISES ON THESE CREEKS. 



<<CALL TO ACTION>>BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH

FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE

FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER

BEGINS RISING.

 

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