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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
513 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

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513 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
  ARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  CITY OF FAIRFAX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  CITY OF FALLS CHURCH IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  CITY OF MANASSAS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  CITY OF MANASSAS PARK IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  STAFFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 507 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAIN WAS BEGINNING TO 
TAPER OFF ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN 
HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THESE AMOUNTS HAVE RESULTED IN FLOODING ACROSS 
THE WARNED AREA...AND FLOOD PROBLEMS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THIS 
EVENING. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE 
ALEXANDRIA...ANNANDALE...ARLINGTON...BAILEY'S CROSSROADS... 
BALLSTON...BELLE HAVEN...BULL RUN...BURKE...CENTREVILLE... 
CHANTILLY...DALE CITY...DUMFRIES...FORT BELVOIR...FRANCONIA...GREAT 
FALLS...HAYMARKET...HERNDON...HYBLA VALLEY...LAKE BARCROFT...LAKE 
RIDGE...LINCOLNIA...LORTON...MCLEAN...MERRIFIELD...MONTCLAIR...NEWING
TON...OAKTON...RESTON...ROSSLYN...THE I395 AND I495 INTERCHANGE... 
SPRINGFIELD...STAFFORD...THE I66 AND I495 INTERCHANGE...TRIANGLE... 
TYSONS CORNER...VIENNA...WOLF TRAP AND WOODBRIDGE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON 
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND 
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3898 7724 3891 7707 3872 7704 3870 7711
      3863 7717 3862 7725 3845 7732 3834 7732
      3830 7736 3825 7734 3824 7737 3832 7748
      3831 7754 3834 7761 3846 7763 3857 7753
      3884 7772 3894 7765 3885 7754 3906 7733

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