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VAC059-510-020330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

825 PM EDT THU AUG 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  EASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.



* AT 820 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A     

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM ALEXANDRIA TO  

  LORTON. THESE STORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

HAS OCCURRED IN THE LAST HOUR. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA...ROSE HILL... 

HUNTINGTON...GROVETON...AND BEACON HILL.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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