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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

725 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2005



MIC049-087-230015-

LAPEER MI-GENESEE MI-

725 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2005



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

LAPEER COUNTIES...



AT 720 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE BETWEEN 

FLINT AND GRAND RAPIDS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. 



TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS HAVE MADE 

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND 3 INCHES. EXCESSIVE 

RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...WILL CAUSE 

FLOODING TO CONTINUE IN 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 

FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.

MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AT NIGHT. DO NOT DRIVE INTO

WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

DURING THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT...FLOODED SECTIONS OF ROAD MAY NOT BE

VISIBLE. SOME ROADWAYS MAY EVEN BE CLOSED.



LAT...LON 4286 8390 4292 8301 4327 8303 4321 8391



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