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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1102 PM EDT FRI AUG 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT



* AT 1102 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY    

  RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF  

  OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED IN A SHORT TIME. ADDITIONAL    

  RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...ROADS...BASEMENTS   

  AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...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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