Update at 7:25 p.m. — The National Weather Service has also issued a Flash Flood Warning.
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
721 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA… SOUTHERN ARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA… EASTERN CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA… WEST CENTRAL PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND…
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 714 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS ALEXANDRIA AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON DC IN THE LAST 45 MINUTES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA…REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT…MARLOW HEIGHTS AND CRYSTAL CITY.
FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IMPACTED INCLUDE… SOUTH TROY STREET NEAR LONG BRANCH… BRADDOCK ROAD AT WEST STREET…
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…URBAN AREAS…HIGHWAYS…STREETS… UNDERPASSES AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
Earlier: The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Arlington.
The warning is in effect through 7:15 p.m. From NWS:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA… SOUTHERN CITY OF FAIRFAX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA… CITY OF FALLS CHURCH IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA… ARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA… CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA… WESTERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND… CENTRAL FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA…
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 635 PM EDT… A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED NEAR MANTUA… AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… ANNANDALE… THE I395 AND I495 INTERCHANGE… SPRINGFIELD… LAKE BARCROFT… LINCOLNIA… FALLS CHURCH… FRANCONIA… BALLSTON… ALEXANDRIA… ARLINGTON…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH… PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS… LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
