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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

1025 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MACOMB COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

  OAKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 115 PM EDT



* AT 1020 AM...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING

  TO REDEVELOP OVER THE WARNED COUNTIES.  THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT IS

  NEARLY STATIONARY.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE AND WILL

  CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AT LEAST THROUGH THE REST OF

  THE MORNING.  



* SOME CITIES AFFECTED BY THIS WARNING ARE DETROIT...PONTIAC...

  WARREN...STERLING HEIGHTS...FARMINGTON...ROYAL OAK...HOLLY...LAKE

  ORION AND ECORSE.  



RADAR AND GROUND REPORTS INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 3 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 7 AM ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN OAKLAND 

COUNTY.  TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY 

AFTERNOON COULD REACH AT LEAST 5 INCHES IN MANY LOCATIONS IN THE 

WARNED AREA



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4211 8352 4213 8321 4241 8295 4288 8281

      4286 8368



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