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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
1033 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...  
NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...  
 
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 1033 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN  
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH 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...  
NEW CASTLE, HERMITAGE, SHARON, GROVE CITY, SHARPSVILLE, FARRELL,  
NEW WILMINGTON, OAKWOOD, NEW CASTLE NORTHWEST, MERCER, PULASKI,  
BESSEMER, NEW BEDFORD, WEST MIDDLESEX, PLAIN GROVE TOWNSHIP, SOUTH  
NEW CASTLE, CLARK, WHEATLAND, JACKSON CENTER AND VOLANT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4113 8052 4129 8052 4126 8007 4112 8008  
4094 8036 4093 8052  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 

 
 
WM  
 
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