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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

918 PM EDT FRI AUG 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT



* AT 918 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED           

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN MERCER    

  COUNTY. NEAR 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AND ANOTHER ONE HALF TO   

  ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE STREAMS 

  AND CREEKS TO OVERFLOW. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WOLF   

  CREEK AREA NEAR MILLBROOKE AND CENTERTOWN.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...GREENVILLE EAST...MERCER

  AND STONEBORO...



<<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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