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WGUS71 KLWX 261420

FFSLWX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1020 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009



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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-HOWARD MD-MONTGOMERY MD-PRINCE GEORGES MD-

CITY OF ALEXANDRIA VA-CITY OF FAIRFAX VA-CITY OF FALLS CHURCH VA-

ARLINGTON VA-LOUDOUN VA-FAIRFAX VA-

1020 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR THE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...CITY OF ALEXANDRIA...CITY OF FAIRFAX...CITY OF

FALLS CHURCH...FAIRFAX...LOUDOUN...ARLINGTON...PRINCE GEORGES...

MONTGOMERY AND HOWARD COUNTIES...



AT 1017 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

RAIN HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...WATER CONTINUES TO 

COVER SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS THE METRO AREA. THIS WATER WILL SLOWLY 

RECEDE DURING THE DAY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

POOLESVILLE...OLNEY...MONTGOMERY VILLAGE...GERMANTOWN...

GAITHERSBURG...DAMASCUS...COLUMBIA AND BOYDS



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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.



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LAT...LON 3923 7679 3910 7682 3910 7684 3906 7683

      3873 7693 3901 7772 3932 7724 3934 7697



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