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WGUS71 KPBZ 091357

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

952 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007



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ALLEGHENY PA-

952 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT FOR

ALLEGHENY COUNTY...



AT 947 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED REPORTS THAT 

THE FLOODING ALONG GIRTYS RUN IN MILLVALE IS STARTING TO RECEDE. 

OTHER LOCATIONS MAINLY IN THE PITTSBURGH NORTH HILLS IN COMMUNITIES 

LIKE ROSS AND MCCANDLESS TOWNSHIPS, WEXFORD, RUSSELLTON, GIBSONIA, 

FRANKLIN PARK, PLUM AND MONROEVILLE CONTINUE TO HAVE FLOODING ALONG 

SMALL STREAMS THAT CAN STILL BE AFFECTING ROADS UNDERPASSES AND 

BRIDGES. 



NO ADDED RAIN IS EXPECTED BEFORE EARLY AFTERNOON, SO THE FLOODING 

SHOULD CONTINUE RECEDING LATE THIS MORNING. 



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 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 1352Z 180DEG 0KT 4057 7999



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