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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1148 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PRESTON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 545 AM EDT



* AT 1148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND   

  OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING WEST INTO PRESTON COUNTY. TWO OR MORE    

  INCHES COULD FALL WITH THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN.   



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ROWLESBURG...TERRA        

  ALTA...NEWBURG AND KINGWOOD...



<<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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