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000 

WGUS71 KPBZ 091322

FFSPBZ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

916 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007



PAC129-091600-

/X.CON.KPBZ.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070809T1600Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

WESTMORELAND PA-

916 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR

WESTMORELAND COUNTY...



AT 913 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LATROBE...

HARRISON CITY...SALTSBURG...NEW KENSINGTON...NEW FLORENCE...NEW

ALEXANDRIA...MURRYSVILLE...JEANNETTE...IRWIN...DERRY AND DELMONT



TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NEAR MURRYSVILLE 

EASTWARD THROUGH DELMONT AND NEW ALEXANDRIA. FLOODING IS LIKELY BUT 

NOT LIMITED TO ABERS CREEK...HAYMAKER RUN...LYONS RUN...BUSHY 

RUN...BEAVER RUN...PORTERS RUN AND LOYALHANNA CREEK. 



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.



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 1316Z 180DEG 0KT 4032 7952



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000 

WGUS71 KPBZ 091322

FFSPBZ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

916 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007



PAC129-091600-

/X.CON.KPBZ.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070809T1600Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

WESTMORELAND PA-

916 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR

WESTMORELAND COUNTY...



AT 913 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LATROBE...

HARRISON CITY...SALTSBURG...NEW KENSINGTON...NEW FLORENCE...NEW

ALEXANDRIA...MURRYSVILLE...JEANNETTE...IRWIN...DERRY AND DELMONT



TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NEAR MURRYSVILLE 

EASTWARD THROUGH DELMONT AND NEW ALEXANDRIA. FLOODING IS LIKELY BUT 

NOT LIMITED TO ABERS CREEK...HAYMAKER RUN...LYONS RUN...BUSHY 

RUN...BEAVER RUN...PORTERS RUN AND LOYALHANNA CREEK. 



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.



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 1316Z 180DEG 0KT 4032 7952



$$



WJD

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