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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1107 AM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PRESTON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 100 PM EDT



* AT 1100 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 

  MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO

  PRESTON COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ALREADY THIS MORNING SOME

  STORMS DEPOSITED ONE INCH OF RAIN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OF AT LEAST ONE INCH OR MORE ARE

  MOVING BACK INTO THE REGION AND WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREAMS

  AND CREEKS WHERE HEAVIER RAINS FELL THIS MORNING. 

  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ROWLESBURG...KINGWOOD...

  MASONTOWN...BRUCETON MILLS...FELLOWSVILLE AND TUNNELTON.



<<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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