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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

733 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  MONTGOMERY 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 1030 PM EDT



* AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING MOVING INTO    

  THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE MUCH OF  

  THE GREATER WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE 

WARNED AREA SINCE 500 PM EDT. AS A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES EAST 

INTO THE AREA BETWEEN 800 PM EDT AND 900 PM EDT...ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 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.



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.



&&



LAT...LON 3911 7690 3897 7701 3890 7692 3862 7720

      3870 7728 3872 7734 3871 7738 3875 7739

      3874 7742 3880 7745 3879 7749 3884 7751

      3884 7754 3888 7755 3895 7764 3931 7725



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