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000 

WGUS71 KPBZ 141923

FFSPBZ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

323 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2008



PAC129-142100-

/O.CON.KPBZ.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080814T2100Z/

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

WESTMORELAND PA-

323 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR

WESTMORELAND COUNTY...



AT 314 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED 

OVER THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN THE CITY OF GREENSBURG AND LATROBE. 

MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR GREENSBURG SINCE 2 PM AND 

SOME SPOTS MAY WIND UP WITH OVER 3 INCHES. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

GREENSBURG...HARRISON CITY...NEW ALEXANDRIA...LATROBE...JEANNETTE... 

DERRY AND DELMONT



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 

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



LAT...LON 4044 7963 4044 7936 4041 7927 4037 7912

      4035 7903 4006 7932 4013 7945 4021 7969



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000 

WGUS71 KPBZ 141923

FFSPBZ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

323 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2008



PAC129-142100-

/O.CON.KPBZ.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080814T2100Z/

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

WESTMORELAND PA-

323 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR

WESTMORELAND COUNTY...



AT 314 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED 

OVER THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN THE CITY OF GREENSBURG AND LATROBE. 

MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR GREENSBURG SINCE 2 PM AND 

SOME SPOTS MAY WIND UP WITH OVER 3 INCHES. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

GREENSBURG...HARRISON CITY...NEW ALEXANDRIA...LATROBE...JEANNETTE... 

DERRY AND DELMONT



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 

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



LAT...LON 4044 7963 4044 7936 4041 7927 4037 7912

      4035 7903 4006 7932 4013 7945 4021 7969



$$

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