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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
  CITY OF MANASSAS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
  CITY OF MANASSAS PARK IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
  WESTERN CITY OF FAIRFAX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
  EASTERN LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
  CENTRAL PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
  WESTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 229 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  DEVELOPING BAND OF TORRENTIAL RAIN EXTENDING FROM NEAR WHITES      
  FERRY SOUTHWARD DOWN THE ROUTE 28 CORRIDOR TO MANASSAS. RAINFALL   
  OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN THE NEXT HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN PARTS OF  
  THE WARNING AREA...WHICH WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE ARCOLA...ASHBURN...BULL RUN...CENTREVILLE...CHANTILLY...
  COUNTRYSIDE...DALE CITY...DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HERNDON...
  LEESBURG...MONTCLAIR...RESTON...BRAMBLETON...BROADLANDS...
  LANSDOWNE...LOWES ISLAND AND SOUTH RIDING.

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 3927 7755 3921 7746 3923 7743 3906 7743
      3907 7735 3905 7731 3851 7733 3852 7738
      3858 7744 3860 7749 3857 7754 3869 7761

$$

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