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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

1245 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006



MIC087-147-151-030545-

SANILAC MI-LAPEER MI-ST. CLAIR MI-

1245 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006



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

LAPEER AND SANILAC COUNTIES...



AT 1242 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING WEDNESDAY EVENING

HAVE MOVED TO THE EAST.  HOWEVER...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THE REST OF THE NIGHT.



LAPEER COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED FLOODING OF SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS 

INCLUDING LAKE PLEASANT AND WILLIS...OREGON AND MILLVILLE AND 

BURSIDE AND SLATTERY ROADS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE 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 4329 8331 4323 8344 4309 8344 4313 8266

      4328 8266



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