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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1142 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
VAC059-600-032145-
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FAIRFAX VA-CITY OF FAIRFAX VA-
1142 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...URBAN AREA AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, CITY OF FAIRFAX AND FAIRFAX.
* WHEN...UNTIL 545 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1139 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE
WARNED AREA. WOODBURN RD. IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING OF
ACCOTINK CREEK. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RESTON... POTOMAC...
ANNANDALE... SPRINGFIELD...
FAIRFAX... VIENNA...
FALLS CHURCH... MANTUA...
PIMMIT HILLS... MCLEAN...
BURKE... OAKTON...
LINCOLNIA... TYSONS CORNER...
WOLF TRAP... GREAT FALLS...
MERRIFIELD... LAKE BARCROFT...
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3889 7719 3888 7719 3888 7717 3887 7716
3887 7715 3885 7712 3875 7724 3874 7730
3879 7738 3894 7733 3901 7726 3898 7725
3898 7723 3897 7722 3897 7720 3897 7719
3896 7714 3894 7712 3889 7717
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