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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

620 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY AND SUSTAINED RAINFALL EAST OF MERCER...ALONG COOL SPRING 

CREEK AND NESHANNOCK CREEK...NEAR ROUTES 58 AND 258. HIGH RAINFALL 

RATES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH 7 PM.



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

  AND STONEBORO...



<<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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