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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

903 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF FAIRFAX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  CITY OF MANASSAS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  CITY OF MANASSAS PARK IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 858 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY      

  RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE GROUND IS BECOMING SATURATED

  AND IS LESS CAPABLE OF ABSORBING THE HEAVY RAIN. ANOTHER 2 TO

  4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT IN SPOTS.  



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

  FAIRFAX...LOUDOUN AND PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTIES AND THE INDEPENDENT

  CITIES WITHIN THEM.



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.



LAT...LON 3862 7755 3857 7731 3874 7710 3900 7732

      3923 7773 3906 7787 3896 7766



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