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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

529 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 529 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY      

  HEAVY RAIN ALONG AN AXIS FROM PERRYOPOLIS TO LATROBE TO NEW        

  ALEXANDRIA. PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATE STREET FLOODING IN LATROBE AND 

  PONDING ON ROUTE 982 NEAR DERRY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE      

  THROUGH AT LEAST 6 PM ACROSS THE AREA...MORE STREET FLOODING CAN   

  BE EXPECTED.



<<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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