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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
408 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.
* AT 408 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS
1 TO 2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
ARLINGTON... ROCKVILLE...
BETHESDA... LANGLEY PARK...
MCLEAN... AMERICAN LEGION BRIDGE...
POTOMAC... NORTH BETHESDA...
TAKOMA PARK... GREAT FALLS...
KEMP MILL... CHEVY CHASE...
NORTH KENSINGTON... SOUTH KENSINGTON...
FOREST GLEN... MARTIN'S ADDITIONS...
NORTH CHEVY CHASE... FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE...
WHEATON-GLENMONT... SILVER SPRING...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FLOOD PRONE ROADS...
BEACH DR FROM BROAD BRANCH RD TO PINEY BRANCH PKWY, CONNECTICUT
AVENUE JUST NORTH OF THE BELTWAY, BEACH DRIVE ALONG ROCK CREEK AND
SLIGO CREEK PARKWAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3898 7714 3902 7711 3906 7712 3905 7707
3901 7698 3899 7699 3898 7699 3897 7700
3896 7701 3893 7704 3893 7705 3895 7707
3893 7712 3893 7713 3893 7718 3895 7724
3898 7724
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
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