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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

740 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 1045 PM EST



* AT 740 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATED THAT TWO INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA. 



FLOODING WAS REPORTED THROUGHOUT FAIRFAX COUNTY...AND SEVERAL ROADS 

REMAIN CLOSED. 



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3869 7722 3870 7713 3875 7708 3880 7716

      3892 7721 3896 7724 3903 7732 3886 7750

      3875 7736



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