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000 

WGUS73 KDTX 161546

FFSDTX

MIC099-125-163-161715-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

1145 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR WAYNE...

OAKLAND AND MACOMB COUNTIES...



AT 1140 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO REDEVELOP 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE 

THROUGH ABOUT 1 PM BEFORE WEAKENING. 



RADAR AND GROUND REPORTS SHOW RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES 

HAVE OCCURRED IN AN HOUR IN MANY AREAS. UP TO 3 INCHES IN SOME 

LOCATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 PM. 



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL SINCE 7 AM HAS OCCURRED ACROSS NORTHERN 

OAKLAND COUNTY AND WESTERN MACOMB WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES ARE 

GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES WHICH ARE REASONABLE COMPARED WITH GROUND 

REPORTS. 



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.



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

      4286 8368



$$



DRC 

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000 

WGUS73 KDTX 161546

FFSDTX

MIC099-125-163-161715-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

1145 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR WAYNE...

OAKLAND AND MACOMB COUNTIES...



AT 1140 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO REDEVELOP 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE 

THROUGH ABOUT 1 PM BEFORE WEAKENING. 



RADAR AND GROUND REPORTS SHOW RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES 

HAVE OCCURRED IN AN HOUR IN MANY AREAS. UP TO 3 INCHES IN SOME 

LOCATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 PM. 



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL SINCE 7 AM HAS OCCURRED ACROSS NORTHERN 

OAKLAND COUNTY AND WESTERN MACOMB WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES ARE 

GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES WHICH ARE REASONABLE COMPARED WITH GROUND 

REPORTS. 



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.



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

      4286 8368



$$



DRC 

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