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WGUS51 KPBZ 220227

FFWPBZ

PAC085-220515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1027 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1022 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY    

  RAIN OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MERCER COUNTY NEAR GROVE CITY. THIS 

  HEAVIER RAIN WILL MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY...HOWEVER RUNOFF WILL BE  

  CONTINUING WELL INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS ADDITIONAL RUNOFF 

  WILL CAUSE MORE FLOODING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR WEST   

  MIDDLESEX...WHEATLAND AND MERCER. IF YOU LIVE ALONG NESHANNOCK     

  CREEK...DEER CREEK...WOLF CREEK...TURKEY RUN AND SHENANGO RUN KEEP 

  A CLOSE EYE ON WATER LEVELS AS THESE STREAMS HAVE BEEN HIT 

  PARTICULARLY HARD.



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

  AND STONEBORO...



<<CALL TO ACTION>>BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH

FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE

FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER

BEGINS RISING.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.



<<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.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.

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000 

WGUS51 KPBZ 220227

FFWPBZ

PAC085-220515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1027 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1022 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY    

  RAIN OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MERCER COUNTY NEAR GROVE CITY. THIS 

  HEAVIER RAIN WILL MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY...HOWEVER RUNOFF WILL BE  

  CONTINUING WELL INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS ADDITIONAL RUNOFF 

  WILL CAUSE MORE FLOODING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR WEST   

  MIDDLESEX...WHEATLAND AND MERCER. IF YOU LIVE ALONG NESHANNOCK     

  CREEK...DEER CREEK...WOLF CREEK...TURKEY RUN AND SHENANGO RUN KEEP 

  A CLOSE EYE ON WATER LEVELS AS THESE STREAMS HAVE BEEN HIT 

  PARTICULARLY HARD.



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

  AND STONEBORO...



<<CALL TO ACTION>>BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH

FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE

FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER

BEGINS RISING.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.



<<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.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.

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