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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

447 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2008



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WESTMORELAND PA-

447 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2008



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

WESTMORELAND COUNTY...



AT 430 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL FLOODED ROADS 

IN GREENSBURG AND NEARBY HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP. THESE INCLUDE EAST 

PITTSBURGH STREET AND OAKVILLE AND JEFFERSON AVENUES AND ROSEYTOWN 

ROAD. ALSO SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED FLOODED BASEMENTS. 



WITH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWING NO MORE RAIN UNTIL AT 

LEAST EARLY EVENING...THE RUNOFF SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND SO THE 

FLOODING SHOULD LESSEN IF NOT END. SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR 

THIS PART OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM. 



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS BEEN MONITORING SOME ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA TO SEE IF THESE 

MAY IMPACT THE GREENSBURG AREA THIS EVENING. SO STAY TUNED FOR LATER 

DEVELOPMENTS. 



REMEMBER 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 4044 7963 4044 7936 4041 7927 4037 7912

      4035 7903 4006 7932 4013 7945 4021 7969



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