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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

458 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  ARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  CITY OF FALLS CHURCH IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.



* AT 458 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE IN AN HOUR AND THIS AMOUNT IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE 

FLOODING.



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

  INCLUDE WASHINGTON...ADAMS MORGAN...AMERICAN UNIVERSITY...

  ANACOSTIA...GEORGETOWN...KENILWORTH...US CAPITOL...ALEXANDRIA...

  ARLINGTON...FALLS CHURCH...BALLSTON...REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT AND

  ROSSLYN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES CARRIED AWAY BY RISING

WATER. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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 3879 7702 3879 7708 3883 7716 3886 7717

          3888 7720 3896 7711 3900 7704 3890 7691

          3883 7697



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