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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS EXTENDED THE

* 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 730 PM EDT

* AT 415 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN PRINCE WILLIAM 
AND FAIRFAX COUNTIES REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING...WITH 
NUMEROUS HIGH WATER RESCUES ONGOING PARTICULARLY IN THE MANASSAS AND 
RESTON AREAS.

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

* 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...

RADAR ESTIMATES AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF 
RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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

$$

JRK