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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

603 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2005



MIC049-087-230015-

LAPEER MI-GENESEE MI-

603 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM FOR GENESEE AND 

LAPEER COUNTIES...



AT 600 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER SOUTHERN GENESEE 

AND SOUTHERN LAPEER COUNTIES. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING QUICKLY 

TO THE EAST AS THE LINE MOVED SLOWLY SOUTH.



TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED ABOUT 3 FEET OF WATER IN THE 

INTERSECTION OF BRADLEY AND SUNSET STREETS...AND AT THE INTERSECTION 

OF BEECHER AND MILLER ROADS...BOTH IN FLINT. IN ADDITION... DOPPLER 

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE INDICATED AROUND 1.5 INCHES DURING THE 

HOUR BETWEEN 5 PM AND 6 PM. 



THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM...BUT RUNOFF 

WILL CONTINUE FOR A WHILE AFTER THE RAIN ENDS...AND AT LEAST THROUGH 

8 PM.



FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND ALONG HIGHWAYS AND 

UNDERPASSES IS EXPECTED. 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 4286 8390 4292 8301 4327 8303 4321 8391



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