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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

538 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2008



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ALLEGHENY PA-

538 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR

ALLEGHENY COUNTY...



AT 525 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ON MILLERS 

RUN ROAD NEAR TREVESKYN. BE EXTRA CAREFUL TRAVELING ON LOCAL ROADS 

NEAR STATE ROUTE 50 BETWEEN BRIDGEVILLE AND CECIL AS THERE CAN BE 

OTHER FLOOD IMPACTED ROADS ALONG MILLERS RUN...FISHING RUN...AND 

REISSING HOLLOW RUN. 



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THERE SHOULD BE LITTLE IF ANY  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN THIS AREA BEFORE 730 PM. SO THE EXCESSIVE 

RUNOFF FROM THE 2 PLUS INCHES OF EARLIER RAINFALL SHOULD BE SLOWING 

DOWN AND THIS WILL HELP FLOODING DECREASE IF NOT END BY 730 PM.   



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 4040 8026 4040 8006 4030 8006 4033 8018



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