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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

959 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT



* AT 1000 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

  FLOODING CONTINUING IN THE FAIRMONT AREA.  ROUTE 19 REMAINS

  FLOODED ALONG WITH OTHER SECONDARY ROADS IN THE PLEASANT VALLEY

  AND BOOTHDALE AREAS.  NUMEROUS HOMES WERE FLOODED.   THE AREA 

  RECEIVING THE MOST RAIN SINCE 7 PM HAS BEEN GLADY CREEK BASIN WITH

  3.7 INCHES.  RADAR ALSO ESTIMATES 3.6 INCHES IN THE MILLERSVILLE 

  AND ROBINSON RUN AREA.  THE CITY OF FAIRMONT RECEIVED 3.3 

  INCHES.  NO ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...BUT RUNOFF

  WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS CAUSING ADDITIONAL 

  FLOODING.     





<<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.  BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AT 

NIGHT AS IT IS HARDER TO SEE THE FLOODED ROADWAYS. 

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