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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

750 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA

  BEAVER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 145 PM EST



* AT 750 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THESE COUNTIES ALL 

MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS THAT GET MORE THAN 1.5 

INCHES OF RAIN WILL DEVELOP FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WITH 

PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND UNDERPASSES. IN AREAS GETTING MORE 

THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN...MORE SERIOUS FLOODING CAN BEGIN WITH SMALL 

STREAMS GOING OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 





* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING 

INCLUDE...WASHINGTON...CANONSBURG...BURGETTSTOWN...PITTSBURGH METRO 

AREA...MONROEVILLE...BEAVER...AND ALIQUIPPA AND AMBRIDGE. 



<<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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