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FFSLWX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

445 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2006



DCC001-VAC013-059-510-600-610-052330-

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-CITY OF ALEXANDRIA VA-CITY OF FAIRFAX VA-

CITY OF FALLS CHURCH VA-ARLINGTON VA-FAIRFAX VA-

445 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...FAIRFAX COUNTY...ARLINGTON COUNTY...CITY OF 

FALLS CHURCH...CITY OF FAIRFAX AND THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA...



AT 439 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING 

IN THE WARNING AREA. SOME MODERATE RAINS WERE OCCURRING OVER 

NORTHERN FAIRFAX COUNTY AROUND GREAT FALLS AND IN AN AREA FROM 

ALEXANDRIA AND MOUNT VERNON WESTWARD TO SOUTH OF CLIFTON. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOLF 

TRAP...VIENNA...TYSONS CORNER...ROSSLYN...REAGAN NATIONAL 

AIRPORT...OAKTON...MERRIFIELD...MCLEAN...LAKE 

BARCROFT...CHANTILLY...CENTREVILLE...BALLSTON...BAILEYS CROSSROADS 

AND ARLINGTON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 INCH TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH MID EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE EXITED 

THE REGION FOR THE MOMENT. 



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.



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AT SOUTH 

CAPITOL STREET AND MARTIN LUTHER KING AVENUE...AND ALONG ROUTE 110 

NORTH OF THE PENTAGON IN ARLINGTON COUNTY. 



LAT...LON 3870 7726 3868 7716 3892 7697 3896 7704

      3893 7742 3884 7751



$$

RDH

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000 

WGUS71 KLWX 052049

FFSLWX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

445 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2006



DCC001-VAC013-059-510-600-610-052330-

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-CITY OF ALEXANDRIA VA-CITY OF FAIRFAX VA-

CITY OF FALLS CHURCH VA-ARLINGTON VA-FAIRFAX VA-

445 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...FAIRFAX COUNTY...ARLINGTON COUNTY...CITY OF 

FALLS CHURCH...CITY OF FAIRFAX AND THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA...



AT 439 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING 

IN THE WARNING AREA. SOME MODERATE RAINS WERE OCCURRING OVER 

NORTHERN FAIRFAX COUNTY AROUND GREAT FALLS AND IN AN AREA FROM 

ALEXANDRIA AND MOUNT VERNON WESTWARD TO SOUTH OF CLIFTON. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOLF 

TRAP...VIENNA...TYSONS CORNER...ROSSLYN...REAGAN NATIONAL 

AIRPORT...OAKTON...MERRIFIELD...MCLEAN...LAKE 

BARCROFT...CHANTILLY...CENTREVILLE...BALLSTON...BAILEYS CROSSROADS 

AND ARLINGTON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 INCH TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH MID EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE EXITED 

THE REGION FOR THE MOMENT. 



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.



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AT SOUTH 

CAPITOL STREET AND MARTIN LUTHER KING AVENUE...AND ALONG ROUTE 110 

NORTH OF THE PENTAGON IN ARLINGTON COUNTY. 



LAT...LON 3870 7726 3868 7716 3892 7697 3896 7704

      3893 7742 3884 7751



$$

RDH

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