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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

734 AM EDT MON AUG 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT



* AT 733 AM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM FROM SLOW MOVING              

  THUNDERSTORMS HAS DROPPED 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN NORTHERN    

  WASHINGTON COUNTY OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL  

  CAUSE FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS AS WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW   

  LYING AREAS.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN WITH POSSIBLE FLASH

FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS...

  WASHINGTON...

  MCMURRAY...

  MCDONALD...

  CANONSBURG...

  BURGETTSTOWN...

  AVELLA...



<<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 4040 8028 4033 8019 4028 8002 4018 8000

      4015 8050 4040 8050



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