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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

101 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT



* AT 101 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF THE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL HAS CREATED ROAD AND BASEMENT FLOODING IN AND NEAR 

MCKEESPORT. MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ALONG AN AXIS FROM 

BRIDGEVILLE...MOUNT LEBENON...INGRAM...MCKEES ROCKS....AND CARNEGIE. 

THIS RAIN AREA WILL EVENTUALLY INCLUDE PARTS OF THE NORTH HILLS 

BEFORE 2 PM.



<<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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