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WGUS71 KPBZ 172335

FFSPBZ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

735 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



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ALLEGHENY PA-

735 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR

ALLEGHENY COUNTY...



AT 727 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN 

ACROSS ALLEGHENY COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

WILKINSBURG...WEXFORD...SPRINGDALE...SEWICKLEY...RUSSELLTON...PLUM...

PERRYSVILLE...PENN HILLS...NORTH SIDE...MOON...MCKEES ROCKS...

IMPERIAL...GIBSONIA...FRANKLIN PARK...FOX CHAPEL AND DOWNTOWN

PITTSBURGH



SEVERAL AREAS HAVE ALREADY REPORTED FLOODING INCLUDING...ROUTE 60 

NEAR ROBINSON TOWN CENTER...SEVERAL ROADS COVERED IN MOON 

TOWNSHIP...ROUTE 28 IN MILLVALE NEAR ROUTE 8.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH ANY FLOODED ROAD.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING

FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST

VIRGINIA.



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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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