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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

715 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND

  PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND

  ARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  CITY OF FAIRFAX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  CITY OF FALLS CHURCH IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT



* AT 713 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SHOWERS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON 

METRO AREA...MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AT 5 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS OVER 

THE PAST FEW HOURS. 



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

  INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...ANNANDALE...ARCOLA...ARLINGTON...ASHBURN...

  BAILEYS CROSSROADS...BALLSTON...COUNTRYSIDE...DULLES INTERNATIONAL

  AIRPORT...GREAT FALLS...HERNDON...LAKE BARCROFT...LEESBURG...

  LINCOLNIA...MCLEAN...MERRIFIELD...OAKTON...REAGAN NATIONAL

  AIRPORT...RESTON...ROSSLYN...THE I66 AND I495 INTERCHANGE...TYSONS

  CORNER...VIENNA...WOLF TRAP...ADELPHI...ASPEN HILL...BELTSVILLE...

  BETHESDA...BLADENSBURG...BOYDS...CAMP SPRINGS...CHEVERLY...CHEVY

  CHASE...COLESVILLE...COLLEGE PARK...COLUMBIA...CORAL HILLS...

  DAMASCUS...FAIRLAND...FRIENDLY...GAITHERSBURG...GERMANTOWN...

  GREENBELT...HILLANDALE...HYATTSVILLE...LANDOVER...LANGLEY PARK...

  LAUREL...MARLOW HEIGHTS...MONTGOMERY VILLAGE...NEW CARROLLTON...

  NORTH POTOMAC...OLNEY...OXON HILL...POOLESVILLE...POTOMAC...

  ROCKVILLE...SEAT PLEASANT...TAKOMA PARK...THE AMERICAN LEGION

  BRIDGE...THE WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE AND WHITE OAK.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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LAT...LON 3923 7679 3910 7682 3910 7684 3909 7683

      3908 7684 3887 7688 3887 7689 3874 7692

      3881 7717 3901 7772 3931 7724 3934 7697



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