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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

106 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FAIRFAX COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM... 



RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER FAIRFAX 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION. ANOTHER ONE QUARTER 

TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE COUNTYWIDE THROUGH 230 PM EDT. THE 

PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SHOWERS BY MID AFTERNOON. 



COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ON THE FOLLOWING ROADS...



BROWNS MILL ROAD

SWINKS MILL ROAD

HUNTER MILL ROAD

BRAEBURN ROAD

GUINEY ROAD

LORTON ROAD

CAMPBELL DRIVE AT FRANCONIA ROAD

SOUTH VAN DORN STREET UNDER INTERSTATE 95

ROUTE 1 AT MOUNT VERNON PARKWAY



FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS... 

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS 

AND LOW LYING SPOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.



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.



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