
035 
WGUS71 KLWX 081743
FFSLWX

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

MDC017-VAC013-059-153-510-600-610-081915-
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CITY OF ALEXANDRIA VA-CITY OF FAIRFAX VA-CITY OF FALLS CHURCH VA-
ARLINGTON VA-PRINCE WILLIAM VA-FAIRFAX VA-CHARLES MD-
143 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
WESTERN CHARLES...EASTERN FAIRFAX...SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM...
ARLINGTON...CITY OF FALLS CHURCH...EASTERN CITY OF FAIRFAX AND CITY
OF ALEXANDRIA COUNTIES...

AT 140 PM EDT...TORRENTIAL RAIN CONTINUED MOVING ALONG A LINE FROM 
THE AMERICAN LEGION BRIDGE TO FAIRFAX CITY TO DALE CITY. RAINFALL 
OVER TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR IN ANNANDALE AND 
BURKE...WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REST OF THE AREA. 
WATER RESCUES ARE REPORTED TO BE ONGOING IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS NEAR 
FALLS CHURCH AND MCLEAN. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...AND THIS 
RAIN WILL FALL UPSTREAM OF THE PREVIOUS RAIN...WHICH WILL ADD TO 
STREAM FLOODING CONCERNS.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PIMMIT
HILLS...MANTUA...HUNTINGTON...GROVETON...WOLF TRAP...VIENNA...TYSONS
CORNER...THE I66 AND I495 INTERCHANGE...SPRINGFIELD...THE I395 AND
I495 INTERCHANGE...OAKTON...NEWINGTON...MERRIFIELD...MCLEAN...
LORTON...LINCOLNIA...LAKE BARCROFT...HYBLA VALLEY...GREAT FALLS...
FRANCONIA...FORT BELVOIR...BURKE...BALLSTON...ARLINGTON...ANNANDALE
AND ALEXANDRIA

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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