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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

102 AM EDT THU MAY 9 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT



* AT 102 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY     

  RAINS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY. FLOODING HAS     

  BEEN REPORTED LUZERENE...JEFFERSON AND FRANKLIN TOWNSHIPS.        

  ROADWAY FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN BROWNSVILLE AND GRINDSTONE. IN    

  ADDITION ROUTE 51 IS FLOODED IN FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.



* THE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ENDING SHORTLY...HOWEVER RUNOFF WILL        

  CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ADDING TO THE ALREADY         

  DANGEROUS SITUATION. 





<<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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