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WGUS73 KDTX 170010
FFSDTX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
810 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008
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LAPEER MI-
810 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR
LAPEER COUNTY...
AT 801 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAPEER AND
ELBA.
RADAR INDICATED UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 530 PM AND
800 PM ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 11 PM WITH ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY.
WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM LAPEER TO ELBA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.
MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4312 8346 4312 8327 4295 8325 4295 8345
DRC
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