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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
  EASTERN CITY OF FAIRFAX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
  EASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT

* AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE 
CITY OF ALEXANDRIA...EASTERN FAIRFAX AND SOUTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM 
COUNTIES ARE FINALLY STARTING TO WEAKEN. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE-HALF INCH AND THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL 
OF 6 TO 11 INCHES FROM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO 
RUNOFF. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...ANNANDALE...BURKE...DUMFRIES...FRANCONIA...  
GREAT FALLS...LORTON...SPRINGFIELD...WOODBRIDGE... GROVETON...MANTUA 
AND PIMMIT HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED WIDESPREAD ROAD CLOSURES FROM 
FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING THE CAPITAL 
BELTWAY AND THE GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKWAY CLOSED NEAR ALEXANDRIA.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3902 7725 3898 7724 3895 7714 3893 7712
      3889 7720 3887 7720 3886 7716 3887 7714
      3885 7711 3884 7707 3877 7708 3869 7719
      3854 7730 3856 7734 3905 7731

$$

JRK