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WGUS71 KLWX 040056

FFSLWX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

856 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



DCC001-MDC031-VAC013-059-107-510-600-610-040230-

/O.CON.KLWX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090604T0230Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-MONTGOMERY MD-CITY OF ALEXANDRIA VA-

CITY OF FAIRFAX VA-CITY OF FALLS CHURCH VA-ARLINGTON VA-LOUDOUN VA-

FAIRFAX VA-

856 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...THE CITIES OF FALLS CHURCH...FAIRFAX...AND 

ALEXANDRIA...AND FAIRFAX...LOUDOUN...ARLINGTON...AND MONTGOMERY 

COUNTIES...



AT 849 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MUCH OF THE GREATER WASHINGTON 

METROPOLITAN AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 1 INCH HAVE FALLEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL 

HOURS OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING 

EAST INTO THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA WILL 

CROSS THE AREA THROUGH 1000 PM EDT...PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 

1.25 TO 1.75 INCHES PER HOUR...WHICH WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



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 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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