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WGUS51 KPBZ 232352

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

745 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONONGALIA COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WESTOVER...MORGANTOWN...DELLSLOW...

  CHEAT NECK...CASSVILLE...STAR CITY...GRANVILLE



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT



* AT 741 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING  

  ASSOCIATED WITH RUNOFF FROM THE HILLS FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL. 

  WATER COVERS SECTIONS OF RT 100 TO A DEPTH OF EIGHT INCHES FROM    

  GRANVILLE TO STAR CITY. DENSE CREEK IS REPORTED WITHIN TWO FEET OF 

  RUNNING OUT OF BANK. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  STEWARTSTOWN...MCMELLIN...HOARD...FORT MARTIN AND BOWLBY.



ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT. IF MORE RAIN DEVELOPS...DENSE 

CREEK WILL LIKELY RUN OUT OF BANK...CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOODING. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE LATER 

TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WARNED AREA.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

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



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP 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 3972 8009 3972 7977 3969 7977 3965 7981

      3959 7982 3960 7984 3960 8004 3962 8006

      3962 8009



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000 

WGUS51 KPBZ 232352

FFWPBZ

WVC061-240345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

745 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONONGALIA COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WESTOVER...MORGANTOWN...DELLSLOW...

  CHEAT NECK...CASSVILLE...STAR CITY...GRANVILLE



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT



* AT 741 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING  

  ASSOCIATED WITH RUNOFF FROM THE HILLS FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL. 

  WATER COVERS SECTIONS OF RT 100 TO A DEPTH OF EIGHT INCHES FROM    

  GRANVILLE TO STAR CITY. DENSE CREEK IS REPORTED WITHIN TWO FEET OF 

  RUNNING OUT OF BANK. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  STEWARTSTOWN...MCMELLIN...HOARD...FORT MARTIN AND BOWLBY.



ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT. IF MORE RAIN DEVELOPS...DENSE 

CREEK WILL LIKELY RUN OUT OF BANK...CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOODING. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE LATER 

TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WARNED AREA.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

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



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP 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 3972 8009 3972 7977 3969 7977 3965 7981

      3959 7982 3960 7984 3960 8004 3962 8006

      3962 8009



$$

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