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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1233 PM EST TUE FEB 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BELMONT COUNTY IN OHIO



* UNTIL 430 PM EST



* AT 1233 PM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED RENEWED

  FLOODING ON STATE ROUTE 149 AT CLEVES CROSSING NEAR THE TOWN OF 

  BELMONT FROM ICE JAMS ON MCMAHON CREEK. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

  OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED FLOODING ON STATE ROUTE 148 BETWEEN 

  POWHATTAN POINT AND CAPTINA FROM ICE JAMS ON CATS RUN. 



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EXPECTS ADDITIONAL CREEKS WITH ICE JAMS CAN 

CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. 



<<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.



LAT...LON 4010 8078 3989 8082 3989 8124 4014 8118

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