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VAC059-251930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1131 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 330 PM EDT



* AT 1124 AM EDT...ALTHOUGH RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF FAIRFAX 

COUNTY...REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THAT COLVIN RUN CREEK WAS 

FLOWING OVER ROUTE 7 IN TYSONS CORNER DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN THAT 

FELL THIS MORNING.  



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

  RAIN INCLUDE GREAT FALLS...HERNDON...MCLEAN...RESTON...TYSONS      

  CORNER...VIENNA...WOLF TRAP AND THE AMERICAN LEGION BRIDGE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3896 7741 3887 7721 3893 7712 3905 7733



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