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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

923 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  INDIANA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT



* AT 917 AM EDT...MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THE 

THUNDERSTORM THAT HAS EXITED EAST INTO THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS MUCH RAIN CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG 

SMALL STREAMS THAT CAN AFFECT ROADS AND BRIDGES. MUDSLIDES CAN ALSO 

OCCUR AND FLOODED BASEMENTS, FARMLANDS, AND CAMPGROUNDS. 



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.



PARTICULARLY IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT 

TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES 

AWAY.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 

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



LAT...LON 4067 7882 4040 7899 4042 7904 4039 7906

      4037 7912 4047 7934 4044 7939 4049 7945

      4056 7943 4078 7923 4091 7922 4091 7881

      4090 7880

TIME...MOT...LOC 1323Z 180DEG 0KT 4056 7926



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