
828 
WGUS71 KLWX 081845
FFSLWX

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

MDC017-081853-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHARLES MD-
245 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WESTERN CHARLES
COUNTY...

RAIN HAS ENDED AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IS OVER. 
THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3905 7731 3902 7725 3898 7724 3895 7714
      3887 7705 3885 7705 3877 7706 3873 7715
      3869 7719 3854 7730 3856 7734

$$

VAC013-059-153-510-600-610-081915-
/O.CON.KLWX.FF.W.0150.000000T0000Z-110908T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CITY OF ALEXANDRIA VA-CITY OF FAIRFAX VA-CITY OF FALLS CHURCH VA-
ARLINGTON VA-PRINCE WILLIAM VA-FAIRFAX VA-
245 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

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

AT 243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
RAIN GRADUALLY MOVING WESTWARD OUT OF THE AREA. RAINFALL UP TO THREE 
INCHES IN JUST ONE HOUR HAS OCCURRED IN AND NEAR FAIRFAX CITY. 
NUMEROUS ROADS ARE REPORTED TO BE FLOODED AND RESCUES ARE REPORTED 
TO BE ONGOING IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.

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...GREAT FALLS...FRANCONIA...
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
      3887 7705 3885 7705 3877 7706 3873 7715
      3869 7719 3854 7730 3856 7734

$$

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