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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

718 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MIDLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 707 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY.  THESE 

STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST.



RADAR HAS INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN 

ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY SINCE 530 PM.



THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND EARLY NIGHT WITH 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



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.



LAT...LON 4382 8461 4382 8417 4349 8417 4348 8437

      4347 8437 4347 8461



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