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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

845 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT



* AT 839 AM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM

  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



THE RECENT THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED 2 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN AND THIS IS 

CAUSING FLASH FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS AND ON ROADWAYS. 



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN GIRTYS RUN TOWARD MILLVALE WHERE 

FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. OTHER COMMUNITIES ALREADY HAVING ROAD 

AND STREAM FLOODING INCLUDE PLUM AND ROSS TOWNSHIPS AND MONROEVILLE. 

OTHER COMMUNITIES MAINLY IN THE PITTSBURGH NORTH HILLS WILL ALSO BE 

AFFECTED.  



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 4048 8036 4062 8016 4068 8015 4068 8003

      4063 8003 4065 7970 4058 7979 4053 7970

      4044 7970 4039 7977 4030 7980 4030 7996

TIME...MOT...LOC 1245Z 180DEG 0KT 4057 7999



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