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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
613 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

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613 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 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
  PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND
  ARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  CITY OF FAIRFAX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  CITY OF FALLS CHURCH IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 815 AM EDT

* AT 613 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN FALLING 
OVER AREAS THAT HAD ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS LAST NIGHT. RADAR 
AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 
FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 
815 AM EDT.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

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

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 
SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3856 7670 3863 7675 3868 7688 3872 7710
      3861 7720 3862 7722 3867 7721 3873 7735
      3885 7753 3901 7734 3893 7713 3901 7685
      3898 7673

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SMZ