Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Baltimore/Washington

Issued

Jun 7, 2003, 1:56 PM EDT (17:56 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 2003, 5:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Baltimore/Washington

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties City of Fairfax, VA, Fairfax County, VA

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000 
WGUS51 KLWX 071801
FFWLWX
VAC059-600-072100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
156 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  CITY OF FAIRFAX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.

* AT 156 PM EDT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS
  THE REGION. THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
  AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 
  SUNSET. OFFICIALS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY REPORT 8 ROADS CLOSED AS OF
  145 PM DUE TO HIGH WATER. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3886 7752 3870 7726 3895 7720 3906 7734

$$
RDH

000 
WGUS71 KLWX 072021
FFSLWX
MDC021-031-VAC059-600-072100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
417 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FREDERICK...MONTGOMERY...CITY OF
FAIRFAX AND FAIRFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 410 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN FREDERICK COUNTY 
REPORTED AROUND 15 SECONDARY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING CONDITIONS 
WITH HIGH WATER IN MANY LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY. ISOLATED HIGH WATER 
PROBLEMS CONTINUE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS WELL WITH HIGH WATER 
KEEPING A FEW SECONDARY ROADS CLOSED. IN FAIRFAX COUNTY 
VIRGINIA...HIGH WATER ALSO CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM WITH SOME 
ROADWAYS COVERED IN WATER WITH SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR 
BANKS. 

AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 
THAT MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF FREDERICK 
AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. A NARROW BAND OF MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY 
SHOWERS CONTINUES OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF FAIRFAX COUNTY MOVING 
SLOWLY EAST. 

WHILE THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HAVE ENDED...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER 
HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN 
PORTIONS OF THE AREA. HIGH WATER WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE AS EVENING 
WEARS ON. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO 
HIGHER GROUND.

$$
MANNING

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.