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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

633 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2005



MIC049-087-230015-

LAPEER MI-GENESEE MI-

633 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2005



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

LAPEER COUNTIES...



AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINFALL ENDING OVER GENESEE AND LAPEER COUNTIES...BUT REPORTS 

OF FLOODING CONTINUE TO OCCUR IN AND AROUND THE CITIES OF FLINT AND 

LAPEER.



LAW ENFORCEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT INTERSTATE 75 WAS 

CLOSED NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND AT HEMPHILL ROAD DUE TO WATER IN THE 

UNDERPASS. THE CITY OF LAPEER REPORTED FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS 

THROUGHOUT THE AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES. FLOODING WILL ALSO OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW 

LYING LOCATIONS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS.



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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