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VAC059-600-610-290045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

348 PM EST MON MAR 28 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF FAIRFAX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  CITY OF FALLS CHURCH IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 745 PM EST



* AT 343 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GREAT FALLS TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF    

  FORT BELVOIR...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.  RADAR INDICATES THAT ONE TO 

  TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.        

  ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 745 PM EST.



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

  INCLUDE THE ANNANDALE...BURKE...FAIRFAX...FALLS CHURCH...FORT 

  BELVOIR...FRANCONIA...GREAT FALLS...LORTON...MCLEAN...MERRIFIELD...

  NEWINGTON...OAKTON...RESTON...SPRINGFIELD...TYSONS CORNER...AND 

  VIENNA.



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 3889 7739 3867 7726 3869 7712 3896 7719

      3903 7732



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