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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

757 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR 

INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAINS MOVING INTO WESTMORELAND COUNTY. FROM 1.5 

TO OVER 3 INCHES COULD FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.



BE ALERT FOR RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS. LOW LYING AREAS 

AND ROADS WILL ALSO FLOOD.



DO NOT 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 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 4018 7917 4006 7933 4015 7948 4009 7963

      4015 7984 4022 7980 4044 7970 4053 7971

      4054 7973 4058 7974 4065 7966 4044 7942

      4038 7913 4037 7912 4036 7905



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