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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1141 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONROE COUNTY IN OHIO

  WETZEL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 245 AM EDT



* AT 1138 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING NEAR  

  NEW MARTINSVILLE IN WETZEL COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA AND ALSO NEAR      

  DUFFY IN MONROE COUNTY OHIO. STATE ROUTE 7 WHICH RUNS THROUGH      

  WETZEL COUNTY AND INTO MONROE COUNTY IS FLOODED NEAR DUFFY. 

  RAINFALL WILL BE ENDING ACROSS THIS AREA BY 1230 AM OR 100         

  AM...HOWEVER RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.



<<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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