Flood Warning
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
427 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

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ALLEGHENY PA-
427 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 815 AM EDT

* AT 421 AM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS WERE OVER
ALLEGHENY COUNTY.   OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN NORTH FAYETTE
TOWNSHIP IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.  THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE OVER
ALLEGHENY COUNTY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES  ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE
NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH.

&&

LAT...LON 4058 7977 4055 7977 4053 7970 4042 7971
      4038 7977 4023 7980 4023 7978 4020 7987
      4023 7997 4024 7996 4025 7992 4033 8018
      4048 8036 4061 8018 4061 8014 4067 8015
      4067 7969 4063 7969

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