UPDATE 9:51 pm: More than 2500 Fairfax County homes are without power, according to Dominion Power.
No power outages have been reported in McLean.
One of the largest outages is in neighborhoods north of Route 66 between Oakton and Vienna. There more than 500 homes are without power.
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ORIGINAL STORY: SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 532 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-PRINCE GEORGES MD- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA VA-FAIRFAX VA- 532 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011
...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO AFFECT THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...ARLINGTON...PRINCE GEORGES AND FAIRFAX COUNTIES...AND THE CITIES OF FAIRFAX...FALLS CHURCH...AND ALEXANDRIA... AT 531 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRFAX STATION TO BARCROFT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
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HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE MILE AND MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE U.S. CAPITOL...ANACOSTIA...LINCOLNIA... BURKE...KENILWORTH...NORTH SPRINGFIELD...MARLOW HEIGHTS...WEST SPRINGFIELD...FAIRMOUNT HEIGHTS AND SEAT PLEASANT.
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