Flash Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Pittsburgh, PA

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
106 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East Central Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 106 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain over Wilkinsburg, or near Penn Hills, moving east at 15
  mph. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. The expected
  rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1 inch in 1 hour. Additional rainfall
  amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash
  flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Pittsburgh, Penn Hills, Plum, Wilkinsburg, Swissvale, O`hara
  Township, Forest Hills, Wilkins Township, Oakmont, Fox Chapel,
  Sharpsburg, Edgewood, Churchill, Aspinwall, Verona, Blawnox,
  Braddock Hills and Oakland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4042 7990 4042 7995 4045 7998 4054 7986
      4052 7980 4048 7975 4043 7985

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR

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