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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...RETRANSMITTED FOR MEDIA

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON

1022 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1018 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE CITY...MOVING   

SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IN THE ROCK CREEK VALLEY OF DC. EVEN HEAVIER 

RAINFALL IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE ROCK CREEK WILL LIKELY CAUSE 

FLOODING IN THIS AREA INCLUDING THE ROCK CREEK PARKWAY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. QUICKLY 

MOVE OUT OF AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



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