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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1226 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  ARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 415 AM EDT



* AT 1218 AM EDT...RADAR IMAGERY INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF RAIN 

COVERING THE WASHINGTON METRO AREA. RECENT OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE 

REGION SHOW THAT INCH AND HALF OF RAIN ARE LIKELY IN JUST A MATTER 

OF AN HOUR OR TWO. THESE AMOUNTS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN 

AREAS. 



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

  INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...ARLINGTON...BALLSTON...REAGAN NATIONAL

  AIRPORT...ROSSLYN...ADAMS MORGAN...ANACOSTIA...AMERICAN

  UNIVERSITY...GEORGETOWN...WASHINGTON AND US CAPITOL.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES 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.



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 3898 7705 3889 7692 3880 7704 3880 7712

      3885 7711 3890 7715



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