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VAC059-200145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

642 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 633 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANCONIA...MOVING   EAST 

  AT 25 MPH.  RADAR INDICATES THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS       

  ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCHE AND HALF WILL   

  BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 945 PM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE FORT BELVOIR...FRANCONIA...LORTON...NEWINGTON...THE I395

  AND I495 INTERCH AND SPRINGFIELD.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

STERLING VIRGINIA.



LAT...LON 3868 7726 3870 7712 3879 7711 3880 7727



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