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Flood Watch
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
301 PM EST FRI APR 1 2005

...THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING.
THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
ALLEGHENY...ARMSTRONG...BEAVER...BUTLER...CLARION...FAYETTE...
FOREST...GREENE...INDIANA...JEFFERSON...LAWRENCE...MERCER...
VENANGO...WASHINGTON AND WESTMORELAND.

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

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

IN MARYLAND...
GARRETT.


LOW PRESSURE MOVING OUT OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATER TONIGHT
WILL MOVE TO WEST VIRGINIA SATURDAY AND OFF THE EAST COAST ON SUNDAY.
THIS WILL BRING A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF RAIN TO THE AREA. WITH GROUND
CONDITIONS STILL SATURATED FROM RAINS EARLIER IN THE WEEK THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING FROM THIS WEEKENDS RAIN IS POSSIBLE.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND
CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS
REQUIREMENTS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.