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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1144 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 245 PM EST



* AT 1144 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY 

RAIN WILL BE MOVING THROUGH MERCER COUNTY UNTIL AROUND 1:30 

PM. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL CAN CAUSE FLOODING INTO MID 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. THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY...LOCATIONS LIKE GROVE CITY 

AND SANDY LAKE WILL BE MORE PRONE TO GET THIS HEAVY RAIN AND 

FLOODING. 





* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...GROVE CITY...

  SANDY LAKE...GREENVILLE...MERCER AND STONEBORO.



<<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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