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WGUS73 KDTX 170235
FFSDTX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1035 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008
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LAPEER MI-
1035 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR
LAPEER COUNTY...
AT 1026 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A BAND OF THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
FROM LAPEER WEST TO LANSING. THIS BAND WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35
MPH.
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS HAVE INDICATED UP TO 6
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 530 PM AND 1030 PM IN AN AREA FROM
ELBA TO LAPEER AND FROM HADLEY NORTH TO NEAR COLUMBIAVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE ENDING BY MIDNIGHT WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL HALF AN INCH OF
RAINFALL POSSIBLE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS ARE CAUSING 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 MAYBE 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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