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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1225 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GARRETT COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

  TUCKER COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

  PRESTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 330 PM EDT



* AT 1223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IS

  SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING VERY LITTLE ACROSS THE WARNED

  AREA.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED

AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

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





LAT...LON 3969 7900 3990 7969 3904 7977 3899 7936



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