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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

557 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PRESTON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WELL OVER 

AN INCH OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN NEAR NEWBURG SINCE 5 PM. PUBLIC  

REPORTS ALSO INDICATED THAT RT 92 WAS IMPASSABLE NEAR NEWBURG. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLOODING.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...TERRA ALTA...ROWLESBURG

  AND MASONTOWN...



<<CALL TO ACTION>>DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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