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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
340 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...EASTERN 
CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND UNTIL 10 
PM...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH 
UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
ALLEGHENY...ARMSTRONG...BEAVER...BUTLER...GREENE...FAYETTE...INDIANA...
WASHINGTON...WESTMORELAND...CAMBRIA...SOMERSET...BEDFORD...BLAIR...
HUNTINGDON...JUNIATA...MIFFLIN...FRANKLIN...FULTON.

IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
HANCOCK...BROOKE...OHIO...MARION...MARSHALL...MONONGALIA...PRESTON...
TUCKER...WETZEL

IN WESTERN MARYLAND...
GARRETT

AND IN EASTERN OHIO...
BELMONT...CARROLL...COLUMBIANA...COSHOCTON...GUERNSEY...HARRISON...
JEFFERSON...TUSCAWARAS...MUSKINGUM...NOBLE...MONROE.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE AGAIN DEVELOPED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL 
CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THESE STORMS CAN HAVE ENOUGH RAIN TO CAUSE 
FLASH FLOODING TO AREAS SATURATED FROM THE RAIN OF RECENT DAYS. RAIN 
AMOUNTS THAT EXCEED 0.75 INCH IN 1 HOUR OR 1.5 INCHES IN 3 HOURS WILL 
LIKELY CAUSE RAPID FLOODING IN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE AND ALONG SMALL 
STREAMS.

THESE STORMS CAN ALSO CAUSE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY...NOT A CERTAINTY. 
IF YOU LIVE IN A FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREA...KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE FOR 
PROLONGED HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FOR QUICKLY RISING WATER LEVELS. BE READY 
TO ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO 
HIGHER GROUND.

RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND 
ASK THEM TO FORWARD THE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 
SKYWARN SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT MEASURED RAINFALL RATES OF 0.75 INCHES 
OR MORE IN 1 HOUR OR STORM TOTALS OF 1.5 INCHES OR MORE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE 
LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION...OR CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE AT 
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PIT

MURPHY/GIORDANO