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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1130 AM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GARRETT COUNTY IN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 230 PM EDT



* AT 1125 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED UP

  TO 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF

  OF GARRETT COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WILL

  MOVE INTO THE COUNTY FROM THE WEST AND RESULT IN FLOODING OF

  STREAMS AND CREEKS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTAE 68

  SHOULD BE ON ALERT FOR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN AND FOG.



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

  DEEP CREEK LAKE...SAVAGE RUN STATE PARK...MCHENRY...ACCIDENT

  AND OAKLAND.



<<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. CAMPERS SHOULD EXERCISE

CAUTION AND BE ALERT TO RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES.

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