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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1027 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

VAC600-090232-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CITY OF FAIRFAX VA-
1027 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN CITY OF
FAIRFAX COUNTY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE CITY OF FAIFAX HAS BEEN REPLACED BY 
A FLOOD WARNING THROUGH 145 AM EDT.  THE RAPID RISES OF CREEKS AND 
STREAMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.


LAT...LON 3877 7708 3869 7719 3854 7730 3856 7734
      3880 7730 3886 7713 3885 7711 3884 7707

$$

VAC059-153-510-090315-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CITY OF ALEXANDRIA VA-PRINCE WILLIAM VA-FAIRFAX VA-
1027 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN FAIRFAX...SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM AND CITY OF
ALEXANDRIA COUNTIES...

AT 1018 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL 
ALONG THE POTOMAC RIVER.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS 
ROADS CLOSED ACROSS THE AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SPRINGFIELD...THE I395 AND I495 INTERCHANGE...LINCOLNIA...LAKE
BARCROFT...BURKE AND ALEXANDRIA

FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  HOLMES RUN BELOW LAKE BARCROFT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
HOLMES RUN...LITTLE HUNTING CREEK...NEABSCO CREEK...OCCOQUAN RIVER...
QUANTICO CREEK...POWELLS CREEK...RABBIT BRANCH...SIDEBURN BRANCH...
FOUR MILE RUN...MARUMSCO CREEK...GILES RUN...MIDDLE RUN...SOUTH
RUN...ACCOTINK CREEK...LONG BRANCH...TRIPPS RUN...BACKLICK RUN...
INDIAN RUN...PIKE BRANCH...BARNYARD RUN AND DOGUE CREEK.

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.

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 3877 7708 3869 7719 3854 7730 3856 7734
      3880 7730 3886 7713 3885 7711 3884 7707

$$

SBK