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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

527 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 527 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY      

  HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER EASTERN ALLEGHENY COUNTY. BETWEEN 1 AND 2      

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED. MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE STREAMS    

  AND CREEKS TO OVERFLOW.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ASPINWALL...BLAWNOX...    

  BRADDOCK HILLS...CHESWICK...MCKEESPORT...PITTSBURGH                

  ...LIBERTY...VERSAILLES...WEST HOMESTEAD... AND WHITAKER.



<<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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