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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

623 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND

  ARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT



* AT 618 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  3 MILES WEST OF FRIENDLY..MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.  RADAR INDICATES 

  THAT 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED     

  AREA. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH  

  730 PM. A BREAK IN THE RAINFALL WILL OCCUR...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL    

  HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 830 PM.  



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

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

  ANACOSTIA...GEORGETOWN...KENILWORTH...US CAPITOL...ADELPHI...

  ANDREWS AFB...BELTSVILLE...BLADENSBURG...BOWIE...CAMP SPRINGS...

  CHEVERLY...CLINTON...COLLEGE PARK...CORAL HILLS...FORESTVILLE...

  FRIENDLY...GREENBELT...HYATTSVILLE...KETTERING...LANDOVER...LANGLEY

  PARK...LARGO...MARLOW HEIGHTS...MARLTON...MITCHELLVILLE...NEW

  CARROLLTON...OXON HILL...SEAT PLEASANT...SUITLAND SILVER HILL...

  UPPER MARLBORO...WOODMORE...THE WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE...

  ALEXANDRIA...ARLINGTON...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.



NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STORM DRAINS AS THEY CAN BECOME

DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3881 7707 3874 7704 3870 7708 3865 7706

      3866 7683 3861 7674 3873 7671 3883 7676

      3896 7672 3912 7689 3903 7697 3897 7700

      3900 7706 3890 7717 3888 7713 3882 7715



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