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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

1025 PM EDT WED JUN 21 2006



MIC115-220330-

MONROE MI-

1025 PM EDT WED JUN 21 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR MONROE

COUNTY...



AT 1015 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED NEAR TEMPERANCE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF TOLEDO. THE

THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



SOME CITIES AND TOWNS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAINFALL

INCLUDE...TEMPERANCE



SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN 

SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY. THE FLOODING WAS REPORTED OVER THE AREA 

ROADS...AND STARTING TO COME INTO THE FIRST FLOOR OF HOMES IN 

TEMPERANCE.  SPOTTERS HAVE ALSO REPORTED BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL FOR THE DAY...WITH MOST OF THE RAIN FALLING THIS EVENING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE PAST STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 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.



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 4206 8375 4174 8375 4174 8345 4189 8336



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