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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

541 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MUSKINGUM COUNTY IN OHIO



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY

  STATIONARY CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF GRIFFIN ALONG RTE 

  146. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ALONG BOGGS CREEK AND     

  INDIAN RUN. RAINFALL HAS ACCUMULATED NEAR 2 INCHES AND MORE IS     

  EXPECTED. FLOODING IS LIKELY AND LOCAL STREAMS MAY SPILL OVER      

  THEIR BANKS.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...DRESDEN...FRAZEYSBURG...

  NEW CONCORD...NORTH ZANESVILLE...PHILO...PLEASANT GROVE...ROSEVILLE

  AND SOUTH ZANESVILLE...



<<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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