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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

1154 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006



MIC087-147-151-030545-

SANILAC MI-LAPEER MI-ST. CLAIR MI-

1144 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR ST. CLAIR...

LAPEER AND SANILAC COUNTIES...



AT 1143 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FROM CLIFFORD SOUTH TO  

LUM ON EAST TO LAKE HURON.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH 

AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE WARNED AREA BY 1 AM EDT.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A WIDE BAND OF 2 TO 5 

INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM AROUND COLUMBIAVILLE IN LAPEER COUNTY EAST 

THROUGH BROWN CITY...ROSEBURG...YALE TO LAKE HURON. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 

FROM THESE STORMS 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.



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 4329 8331 4323 8344 4309 8344 4313 8266

      4328 8266



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