FLASH FLOOD WARNING

[Nws Olney Maryland]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OLNEY MARYLAND
526 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OLNEY MD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...
SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTHWESTERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTHERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF MANASSAS PARK IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
CITY OF FAIRFAX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
CITY OF FALLS CHURCH IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
ARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY SHOWERS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE MOST OF THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA...WOODBRIDGE AND
SAVAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.