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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

256 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA

  VENANGO COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS 

AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVIEST SUSTAINED RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED...RUNOFF AND SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME. IN 

MERCER COUNTY...BOOTH RUN AND SWAMP RUN RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL. IN VENANGO COUNTY...SUGAR RUN AND OIL CREEK RECEIVED THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED REPORTS 

OF SERIOUS FLOODING IN BOTH COUNTIES.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...GREENVILLE...HASSON   

HEIGHTS...MERCER...POLK...STONEBORO AND WOODLAND HEIGHTS...



<<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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