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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

237 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.



* AT 237 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD     

  MOVED EAST OF THE WASHINGTON METRO AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST   

  THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN WHICH IS SUFFICIENT TO   

  CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST...RUNOFF 

  FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING INTO   

  THIS EVENING. FAIRFAX COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT SEVERAL ROADS   

  REMAIN UNDER WATER IN FAIRFAX COUNTY. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE ANNANDALE...BURKE...FORT BELVOIR...FRANCONIA...HYBLA

  VALLEY...LORTON...MOUNT VERNON...NEWINGTON...THE I395 AND I495

  INTERCHANGE AND SPRINGFIELD.



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 3877 7738 3871 7739 3867 7722 3867 7714

          3875 7706 3885 7721



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