Flash Flood Warning 104, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

PAZ005>006-130000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
545 PM EDT WED SEP 12 1990

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER THE SOUTHERN
   LAUREL MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 545 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
DOWNPOURS OVER SOUTHERN SOMERSET AND BEDFORD COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA.

THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE BETWEEN MYERSDALE AND HYNDMAN.

HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE RAPID RISES OF STREAMS AND CREEKS IN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME.  IF YOU LIVE ALONG...OR ARE CAMPING NEAR A STREAM OR
CREEK...KEEP ALERT IF HEAVY RAINS PERSIST OVER YOUR AREA.

MOTORISTS ON ROUTES 219 AND 220 SHOULD BE EXTRA CAREFUL AS PONDING OF
WATER IS POSSIBLE.

ELSEWHERE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS OVER MUCH OF WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...AS WELL NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
AND WESTERN MARYLAND.  IN MARYLAND THERE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAINS NEAR DEEP CREEK LAKE AND CUMBERLAND.

OVER THE PAST HOUR COVERAGE AND INTENSITIES INCREASED WHILE MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE NORTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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