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PAC059-WVC049-061-191715-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1019 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONONGAHELA AND MARION COUNTIES WEST 

VIRGINIA AND GREENE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA CONTINUES UNTIL 1:30 PM.



SERIOUS FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN MONONGAHELA COUNTY WITH SCHOOL 

CLOSINGS NEAR BLACKSVILLE AND NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED AROUND 

MORGANTOWN WITH STREAMS OVERFLOWING. IN MARION COUNTY...THERE WERE 

ROADS FLOODED AND OVERFLOWING STREAMS NEAR MANNINGTON. IN GREENE 

COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA...FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON ROADS IN WAYNESBURG 

AND STUART RUN WAS OVERFLOWING NEAR OAK FOREST. 



RADAR SHOWED ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD 

THROUGH THESE COUNTIES UNTIL AROUND NOONTIME. THIS WILL CAUSE MORE 

AREAS TO GET FLOODING. THE FLOODING CAN GET MORE SERIOUS IN THOSE 

LOCATIONS THAT HAVE FLOODING ALREADY. 



IF YOU LIVE OR WORK IN AN AREA THAT GETS OVER 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN...BEWARE OF SMALL STREAMS GOING QUICKLY OUT OF ITS BANKS. GO TO 

HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY...BUT NEVER GO THROUGH FLOODING TO GET 

THERE. 



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