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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

855 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ARMSTRONG COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA

  BUTLER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 200 PM EST



* AT 855 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THESE COUNTIES ALL 

MORNING INTO EARLY THIS 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. 





* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING  INCLUDE... 

  CHICORA...EVANS CITY...FREEPORT...NEW CASTLE...ELLWOOD CITY...

  SAGAMORE...PROSPECT...BUTLER...MARS...SAXONBURG...

  SLIPPERY ROCK...ZELIENOPLE...CRANBERRY...KITTANNING AND APOLLO.



<<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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