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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
608 AM EST WED MAR 05 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA... 

  CHEAT RIVER AT ROWLESBURG AFFECTING PRESTON COUNTY
 
.  THE COMBINATION OF SNOW MELT FROM THE WARM TEMPERATURES OVER THE
PAST 48 HOURS AND THE HEAVY PERSISTANT RAIN ARE PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT
RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PAST 24
HOURS RANGED FROM 1.50 TO 2.0 INCHES.

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE
BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
DEVELOPMENTS. 

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/ROWW2.1.ER.080305T1657Z.080305T1800Z.080305T2012Z.NO/
608 AM EST WED MAR 05 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHEAT RIVER AT ROWLESBURG.
* FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT  7:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS ESTIMATED AROUND 14.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
  TO RISE TO NEAR 16.7 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...FLOODING BEGINS IN THE ROWLESBURG TOWN
PARK.

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