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WGUS71 KLWX 082358
FFSLWX

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

VAC059-153-510-600-090115-
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CITY OF ALEXANDRIA VA-CITY OF FAIRFAX VA-PRINCE WILLIAM VA-FAIRFAX VA-
758 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN FAIRFAX...SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM...EASTERN CITY OF
FAIRFAX AND CITY OF ALEXANDRIA COUNTIES...

AT 753 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL 
RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA...EASTERN FAIRFAX 
AND SOUTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTIES. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS 
REPORTED WIDESPREAD ROAD CLOSURES FROM FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA...INCLUDING THE CAPITAL BELTWAY CLOSED NEAR ALEXANDRIA 
BETWEEN THE EXITS OF EISENHOWER AVENUE AND TELEGRAPH ROAD.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY. WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS 
OCCURRING.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PIMMIT
HILLS...MANTUA...WOLF TRAP...VIENNA...TYSONS CORNER...THE I66 AND
I495 INTERCHANGE...OAKTON...MERRIFIELD...MCLEAN...LAKE BARCROFT AND
GREAT FALLS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AND OBSERVATIONS SHOW FIVE TO TEN INCHES OF 
RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM ONE INCH ACROSS NORTHERN FAIRFAX COUNTY TO 
THREE INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN FAIRFAX AND PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTIES.

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