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WGUS73 KDTX 170122
FFSDTX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
922 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008
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LAPEER MI-
922 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR
LAPEER COUNTY...
AT 909 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAPEER COUNTY WEST TO NEAR
GRAND RAPIDS. THIS BAND WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAPEER AND
ELBA.
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND GROUND REPORTS INDICATE THAT UP TO 5
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 530 PM TO 915 PM. REPORTS HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED OF FLOODING OF MANY ROADS...DITCHES...SMALL STREAMS AND
DRAINAGES.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT AND ARE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL.
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 MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4312 8346 4312 8327 4295 8325 4295 8345
DRC
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