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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

758 PM EDT THU MAY 20 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VENANGO COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 752 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS INDICATED BY RADAR RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES OF ABOUT 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES ACROSS 

NORTHERN VENANGO COUNTY. RAPID STREAM RISES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG 

THE SMALL TRIBUTARIES OF SUGAR CREEK. 



<<CALL TO ACTION>>BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH

FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE

FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER

BEGINS RISING.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.



LAT...LON 4162 7968 4155 7966 4153 7996 4166 7983



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