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WGUS71 KPBZ 051153

FFSPBZ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

747 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008



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MONONGALIA WV-

747 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT FOR

MONONGALIA COUNTY...



AT 743 AM EDT...THE NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED 

FLOODING EAST OF MORGANTOWN HAS DISSIPATED...BUT FLOODING CONTINUES. 

THE BRIDGE ON OLD ROUTE 7 REMAINS CLOSED AND BROOKHAVEN ROAD IS 

CLOSED. WOLF RUN ROAD IS NOW OPEN...BUT WATER IS STILL FLOWING 

ACROSS THE ROAD. 



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 3972 7995 3971 7977 3968 7977 3966 7979

      3963 7979 3958 7983 3957 7983 3957 7985

      3954 7986 3954 7995

TIME...MOT...LOC 1147Z 180DEG 0KT 3962 7985



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