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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
258 AM EDT THU APR 16 2026
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-170400-
/O.EXT.KDTX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-260417T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-
LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-
LENAWEE-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HOWELL, PORT HURON, PONTIAC, LAPEER,
DETROIT, MONROE, ANN ARBOR, OWOSSO, FLINT, ADRIAN, WARREN,
MIDLAND, BAD AXE, SAGINAW, CARO, SANDUSKY, AND BAY CITY
258 AM EDT THU APR 16 2026
..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...ALL OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,
BAY, GENESEE, HURON, LAPEER, LENAWEE, LIVINGSTON, MACOMB, MIDLAND,
MONROE, OAKLAND, SAGINAW, SANILAC, SHIAWASSEE, ST. CLAIR, TUSCOLA,
WASHTENAW AND WAYNE.
* WHEN...THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE
FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AROUND TODAY.
ALTHOUGH MOST LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE LESS THAN AN INCH
OF RAIN, THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE
LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE. THIS WOULD
LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING GIVEN THE ANTECEDENT RAINFALL AND
ALREADY SATURATED SOILS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
SF
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