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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

727 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  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 1130 AM EDT



* AT 722 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...WHITE OAK...ADAMS MORGAN...

  ANACOSTIA...AMERICAN UNIVERSITY...GEORGETOWN...KENILWORTH...

  WASHINGTON AND US CAPITOL.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 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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