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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1248 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GARRETT COUNTY IN MARYLAND

  PRESTON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 345 PM EDT



* AT 1248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY     

  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN PRESTON AND SOUTHERN GARRETT COUNTIES.  

  BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN THIS MORNING.    

  ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO OVERFLOW    

  THEIR BANKS. ROADS COULD ALSO BECOME FLOODED AS WELL AS BASEMENTS  

  AND LOW LYING AREAS.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK...      

  ROWLESBURG...



<<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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