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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

1035 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008



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LAPEER MI-

1035 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR

LAPEER COUNTY...



AT 1026 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A BAND OF THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL 

FROM LAPEER WEST TO LANSING.  THIS BAND WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 

MPH.



WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS HAVE INDICATED UP TO 6 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 530 PM AND 1030 PM IN AN AREA FROM 

ELBA TO LAPEER AND FROM HADLEY NORTH TO NEAR COLUMBIAVILLE.  THUNDERSTORMS

WILL BE ENDING BY MIDNIGHT WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL HALF AN INCH OF 

RAINFALL POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS ARE CAUSING 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 MAYBE 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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.



LAT...LON 4312 8346 4312 8327 4295 8325 4295 8345



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