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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

916 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2008



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HILLSDALE MI-BRANCH MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-

916 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR

HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...AND SOUTHERN ST. JOSEPH AND

SOUTHERN BRANCH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MONTGOMERY...

FRONTIER...PRATTVILLE...RANSOM...CAMDEN...BETZER AND WALDRON.



TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO 

ONE INCH NEAR THE MICHIGAN/INDIANA STATE LINE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 10 PM EDT.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



IF YOU HAVE FLOODING TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND

NORTHWEST OHIO.



LAT...LON 4207 8436 4171 8436 4174 8480 4176 8480

      4177 8530 4182 8577 4185 8576 4190 8550

      4208 8439

TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 279DEG 25KT 4181 8406 4178 8519



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