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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

701 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 656 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN WERE       

  MOVING THROUGH THE COUNTY.



UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL CAUSE STREAMS 

AND CREEKS TO OVERFLOW. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND ROADS WILL ALSO 

FLOOD.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATER IS 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 4022 7987 4024 7994 4025 7993 4026 7994

      4030 8007 4034 8018 4047 8032 4059 8021

      4062 8015 4066 8015 4065 7978 4057 7981

      4050 7973



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