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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

922 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A NEARLY          

  STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN ALLEGHENY COUNTY, IN THE      

  WILKINS TOWNSHIP AND MONROEVILLE AREAS.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1.60 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 90 MINUTES.  THIS IS HEAVY   

  ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THAT REGION.



* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE THE COMMUNITIES OF HALL AND       

  LINHART.



<<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.



REHAK

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