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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

904 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL NOON EDT



* AT 900 AM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM RECENT TORRENTIAL 

THUNDERSTORM RAINS THAT HAVE CAUSED MORE THAN 2 AND 3 INCHES. THIS 

WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS THAT CAN AFFECT ROADS AND 

BRIDGES. MUDSLIDES AND FLOODED BASEMENTS CAN ALSO OCCUR. 



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. 



AGAIN DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

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





LAT...LON 4022 7981 4039 7977 4044 7970 4053 7970

      4058 7979 4067 7968 4044 7939 4047 7934

      4037 7912 4043 7903 4039 7897 4012 7917

      4004 7931 4013 7946 4008 7967 4016 7991

TIME...MOT...LOC 1304Z 180DEG 0KT 4032 7952



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