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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1101 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1101 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 1.5 TO   

  2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MARION     

  COUNTY IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN HAS 

  CAUSED SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS TO REACH OR EXCEED BANKFULL IN      

  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY. THIS HAS PRODUCED FLOODING OF SMALL        

  ROADS IN THE WORTHINGTON AREA. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED INTO EARLY     

  SATURDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR 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.

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