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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

320 PM EST MON FEB 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BELMONT COUNTY IN OHIO



* UNTIL 615 PM EST



* AT 320 PM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING   

  DUE TO AN ICE JAM ALONG WHEELING CREEK NEAR WOLFHURST. THE JAM IS  

  JUST EAST OF WOLFHURST AND WATER IS RISING RAPIDLY BEHIND THE JAM. 



  SOME OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED IN THIS AREA ARE        

  WHEELING CREEK TRAILER PARK AND GOOSETOWN.



<<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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