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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

338 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2008



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WESTMORELAND PA-

338 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2008



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

WESTMORELAND COUNTY...



AT 331 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PRODUCED OVER 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN IN THE VICINITY OF GREENSBURG HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. 

HOWEVER EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN CAN STILL CAUSE 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR 

DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS...WITHIN THE U.S. ROUTE 30 

CORRIDOR BETWEEN THE CITY OF GREENSBURG AND LATROBE.



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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