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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1158 PM EST SAT APR 2 2005



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



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT



* AT 1153 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER US

  CAPITOL.  THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING SLOWLY 

  EAST. RADAR INDICATES THAT AN INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER

  THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 400 AM EDT.



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

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

  ANACOSTIA...GEORGETOWN...US CAPITOL...ALEXANDRIA...ARLINGTON...

  BALLSTON...REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT AND ROSSLYN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3898 7705 3889 7715 3879 7708 3883 7700

      3889 7693



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