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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

740 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT



* AT 733 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  15 MILES WEST OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  EARLIER STORMS ALREADY DUMPED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE DISTRICT.

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA 

  THROUGH 1045 PM EDT.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN

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

  ANACOSTIA...GEORGETOWN AND US CAPITOL.



* THE ROCK CREEK AREA WILL BE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING...AS 

  WELL AS THE URBAN STREETS OF DOWNTOWN DC.



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 3881 7704 3889 7693 3898 7704 3894 7711

      3887 7703



$$



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DCC001-150245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

740 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005



...CORRECTED...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT



* AT 733 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  15 MILES WEST OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  EARLIER STORMS ALREADY DUMPED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE DISTRICT.

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA 

  THROUGH 1045 PM EDT.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN

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

  ANACOSTIA...GEORGETOWN AND US CAPITOL.



* THE ROCK CREEK AREA WILL BE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING...AS 

  WELL AS THE URBAN STREETS OF DOWNTOWN DC.



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 3881 7704 3889 7693 3898 7704 3894 7711

      3887 7703



$$



JB/JL/CS

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