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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1233 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF MANASSAS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  CITY OF MANASSAS PARK IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 330 AM EDT



* AT 1229 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYMARKET...MOVING EAST AT

  15 MPH.  RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS      

  ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES     

  WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 330 AM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE BULL RUN AND HAYMARKET.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 3892 7768 3885 7770 3879 7769 3863 7755

      3868 7735 3888 7757 3894 7763



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