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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1136 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CITY OF FAIRFAX AND FAIRFAX 

COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM EDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CITY OF FALLS CHURCH... 

MONTGOMERY AND ARLINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM EDT...



AT 1136 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD MOVED EAST OF THE REGION. 

HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

FLOODING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 



RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH A FEW HIGHER 

AMOUNTS HAS OCCURRED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS SOME ROADS FLOODED IN FAIRFAX COUNTY 

INCLUDING BROWNSVILLE ROAD...BEULAH ROAD AND WOODBURN ROAD.



IN ADDITION...MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE BEECH DRIVE IN EASTERN 

MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS FLOODED. 



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.



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