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WGUS71 KLWX 081856
FFSLWX

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

VAC013-610-081905-
/O.CAN.KLWX.FF.W.0150.000000T0000Z-110908T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CITY OF FALLS CHURCH VA-ARLINGTON VA-
256 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ARLINGTON AND CITY 
OF FALLS CHURCH COUNTIES...

THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED IN ARLINGTON AND FALLS CHURCH.

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

$$

VAC059-153-510-600-081915-
/O.CON.KLWX.FF.W.0150.000000T0000Z-110908T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CITY OF ALEXANDRIA VA-CITY OF FAIRFAX VA-PRINCE WILLIAM VA-FAIRFAX VA-
256 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

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

AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
MORE RAIN DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA...AND A BAND OF EXTREMELY HEAVY 
RAIN MOVING NORTHWARD FROM VIENNA AND FAIRFAX TOWARD GREAT FALLS. 
NUMEROUS SWIFT WATER RESCUES AND FLOODED ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

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...LINCOLNIA...LAKE
BARCROFT...GREAT FALLS...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 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

$$

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