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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1145 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.



* AT 1142 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS 

FAIRFAX COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION. RADAR 

INDICATES THAT ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED A CREEK STARTING 

OVERFLOW ONTO HUNTER MILL ROAD NEAR OAKTON. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 245 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

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

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3874 7731 3865 7717 3878 7709 3883 7721



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