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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1103 PM EDT MON JUL 15 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT.
* AT 1102 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS
OCCURRING WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AHEAD. BETWEEN 1.5 AND
2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO
1.5 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 3
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BENTON HARBOR, ST. JOSEPH, BENTON HEIGHTS, FAIR PLAIN, COLOMA,
STEVENSVILLE, RIVERSIDE, SHOREHAM AND MILLBURG.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 94 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 19 AND 38.
INTERSTATE 196 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 3.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4219 8634 4217 8628 4212 8631 4199 8648
4196 8655 4200 8655 4202 8653 4212 8648
4219 8640
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-1.5 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
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