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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1005 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CITY OF FAIRFAX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



* AT 1005 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

OVER WESTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY AND THE CITY OF FAIRFAX MOVING SLOWLY TO 

THE EAST. RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER ONE AND THREE QUARTER INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF FAIRFAX COUNTY AND 

THE CITY OF FAIRFAX. A SPOTTER IN CENTREVILLE REPORTED OVER 3 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 9:20 PM. ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL 

BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 100 AM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE THE AMERICAN LEGION BRIDGE...CENTREVILLE...CHANTILLY...

  FAIRFAX...GREAT FALLS...HERNDON...MCLEAN...MERRIFIELD...OAKTON...

  RESTON...TYSONS CORNER...VIENNA AND WOLF TRAP.



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.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3886 7750 3875 7736 3895 7715 3904 7732



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