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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...RETRANSMISSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

534 PM EDT THU JUL 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NEARLY 2 

INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALLEGHENY 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY OVER SAW MILL RUN...FROM GREENTREE TO THE WEST END.

OTHER AREAS MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED...ESPECIALLY STEUBEN ROAD. 



<<CALL TO ACTION>>EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH 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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