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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

1214 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2009





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WASHTENAW MI-WAYNE MI-

1214 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WAYNE AND WASHTENAW

COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM EDT...



AT 1211 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

INCLUDE...ANN ARBOR...CANTON...CHELSEA...DEXTER...DOWNTOWN DETROIT...

FLAT ROCK...GROSSE POINTE...LIVONIA...MANCHESTER...ROMULUS...

SALINE...TAYLOR...YPSILANTI...BELLEVILLE...DEARBORN...DETROIT...

DIXBORO...GROSSE ILE...NORTHVILLE...SALEM...TRENTON...WHITMORE

LAKE...WILLIS AND WYANDOTTE.



REPORTS OUT OF ANN ARBOR OF 2.90 INCHES IN AN HOUR AND A HALF WERE RECEIVED.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A WIDE AREA OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL

HAS FALLEN SO FAR THIS EVENING WITH UP TO ANOTHER INCH POSSIBLE BEFORE

THE MAIN AREA OF STORMS MOVES OUT BY 2 AM.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT

ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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LAT...LON 4240 8288 4234 8293 4236 8295 4235 8299

      4228 8311 4225 8313 4217 8311 4217 8313

      4209 8316 4209 8318 4213 8318 4209 8319

      4208 8412 4211 8413 4242 8413 4245 8287



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