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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION PIL

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

934 PM EDT SUN MAY 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR



  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  ARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



AT 915 PM EDT EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN LOW LYING 

AREAS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 

THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAYS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER 

SHOULD BE ABANDONED. 



.END/ND



LAT...LON 3889 7718 3884 7701 3889 7695 3900 7704

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