691  
WGUS51 KLWX 311933  
FFWLWX  
MDC031-VAC059-312245-  
/O.NEW.KLWX.FF.W.0131.250731T1933Z-250731T2245Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
333 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
SOUTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...  
FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 333 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN  
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 TO 3 INCHES IN 1  
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN  
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN  
SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN  
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS  
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
ROCKVILLE... BETHESDA...  
RESTON... LOWES ISLAND...  
POTOMAC... NORTH BETHESDA...  
GREAT FALLS... DARNESTOWN...  
CABIN JOHN... BRADLEY FARMS...  
CONGRESSIONAL MANOR...  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FLOOD PRONE ROADS...  
RIVER RD AT CABIN JOHN CREEK WEST OF THE BELTWAY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3901 7737 3905 7734 3905 7733 3907 7729  
3908 7717 3906 7712 3902 7711 3898 7714  
3898 7720 3899 7734  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR  
 
 
 
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