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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
646 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT.
* AT 646 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTH STRABANE, UNION, AND NOTTINGHAM TOWN. BETWEEN 1
AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP
TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
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...
MCMURRAY, WASHINGTON, CANONSBURG, AVELLA, GASTONVILLE,
CECIL-BISHOP, WOLFDALE, MCGOVERN, EAST WASHINGTON, MCDONALD,
HOUSTON, EIGHTY FOUR, HICKORY, FINLEYVILLE, WEST MIDDLETOWN, MEADOW
LANDS, MIDWAY AND ATLASBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4033 8052 4037 8037 4040 8029 4040 8028
4039 8025 4033 8018 4027 7997 4018 8015
4017 8051
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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