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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1054 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1054 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY    

  RAIN FALLING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST  

  RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER COOL SPRINGS CREEK NEAR FIVE POINTS AND NORTH 

  MILLS JUST TO THE WEST OF ROUTE 19. HEAVY RAIN HAS ALSO BEEN       

  FALLING OVER YELLOW CREEK JUST NORTH OF JACKSON CENTER.



<<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.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.

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