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WGUS71 KLWX 250109

FFSLWX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

906 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006



VAC059-153-600-683-685-250330-

CITY OF MANASSAS VA-CITY OF MANASSAS PARK VA-CITY OF FAIRFAX VA-

PRINCE WILLIAM VA-FAIRFAX VA-

906 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR

CENTRAL FAIRFAX...CENTRAL PRINCE WILLIAM...CITY OF FAIRFAX...CITY OF 

MANASSAS PARK AND CITY OF MANASSAS...



AT 905 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO 

NORTHERN VIRGINIA FROM THE SOUTH LATE THIS EVENING. EMERGENCY 

MANAGERS HAVE REPORTED SWIFT WATER RESCUES AND FLOODED ROADWAYS FROM 

THE FIRST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAKTON...

CHANTILLY...CENTREVILLE AND BULL RUN



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 3872 7761 3861 7756 3877 7732 3886 7722

      3892 7739



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