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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1240 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 345 PM EDT



* AT 1240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY     

  HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. STREAMS WERE        

  OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAYVIEW ROAD AND    

  BOYCE ROAD. MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING OVER THESE SAME         

  AREAS AND FLOODING IS IMMINENT.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BRADDOCK                  

  HILLS...PITTSBURGH...ELIZABETH...EMSWORTH...                       

  HEIDELBERG...OAKDALE...RANKIN...WEST   HOMESTEAD AND               

  WHITAKER...SOUTH FAYETTE...AND UPPER ST. CLAIR



<<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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