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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1223 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
  EASTERN CITY OF FAIRFAX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
  CITY OF FALLS CHURCH IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
  ARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
  EASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
  WESTERN CHARLES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 1222 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  INDICATED A DEVELPOING BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING ALONG 
  THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CAPITAL BELTWAY...SOUTHWARD THROUGH        
  NEWINGTON AND ACROSS THE POTOMAC INTO CHARLES COUNTY. RAINFALL UP  
  TO ONE INCH PER HOUR IS LIKELY IN THIS BAND...AND RAIN MAY         
  CONTINUE FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR. THIS WILL PROMOTE FLASH FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...ANNANDALE...ARLINGTON...BALLSTON...BURKE...
  DUMFRIES...FORT BELVOIR...FRANCONIA...GREAT FALLS...HYBLA VALLEY...
  LAKE BARCROFT...LAKE RIDGE...LINCOLNIA...LORTON...MCLEAN...
  MERRIFIELD...MONTCLAIR...NEWINGTON...OAKTON...ROSSLYN...THE I395
  AND I495 INTERCHANGE...SPRINGFIELD...THE I66 AND I495
  INTERCHANGE...TYSONS CORNER...VIENNA...WOLF TRAP...WOODBRIDGE...
  INDIAN HEAD...GROVETON...HUNTINGTON...MANTUA AND PIMMIT HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3905 7731 3902 7725 3898 7724 3895 7714
      3888 7705 3874 7706 3871 7713 3862 7716
      3862 7713 3867 7710 3841 7709 3836 7721
      3839 7726 3856 7725 3853 7728 3856 7734

$$

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