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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

520 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED           

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO WESTMORELAND        

  COUNTY. CLOSE TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED...MORE      

  HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE STREAMS...CREEKS AND LOW-LYING AREAS TO      

  FLOOD.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...CALUMET-NORVELT...

  DELMONT...LAWSON HEIGHTS...MANOR...NEW STANTON...SOUTH GREENSBURG

  AND SOUTHWEST GREENSBURG...



<<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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