Flood Watch for Pittsburgh CWA

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Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
707 AM EDT FRI MAR 23 2007

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TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-
GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-
GREENE-FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER...
UHRICHSVILLE...CARROLLTON...COSHOCTON...CADIZ...HOPEDALE...
STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...MARTINS FERRY...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE...BELLAIRE...BARNESVILLE...SHADYSIDE...
BRIDGEPORT...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...
WASHINGTON...CANONSBURG...DONORA...CALIFORNIA...CHARLEROI...
MONONGAHELA...MCMURRAY...GREENSBURG...NEW KENSINGTON...
JEANNETTE...LATROBE...MONESSEN...WAYNESBURG...FAIRDALE...
UNIONTOWN...CONNELLSVILLE...OHIOPYLE...TORONTO...WEIRTON...
WHEELING...MOUNDSVILLE
707 AM EDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...
BELMONT...CARROLL...COSHOCTON...GUERNSEY...HARRISON...
JEFFERSON OH...MONROE...MUSKINGUM...NOBLE AND TUSCARAWAS. IN
SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...ALLEGHENY...FAYETTE...GREENE...
WASHINGTON AND WESTMORELAND. IN NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST
VIRGINIA...BROOKE...HANCOCK...MARSHALL AND OHIO.

* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* PERIODS OF RAIN WILL GENERATE AN INCH TO INCH AND A HALF OF
RAINFALL THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. RESIDENTS ALONG CREEKS AND
STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR RAINFALL AND WATER LEVELS ALONG WITH
FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOTORISTS
CROSSING LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF FLOODED
ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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