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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

132 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2009



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WASHTENAW MI-WAYNE MI-

132 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2009



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM EDT...



AT 128 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT HEAVY RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE 

REGION. HOWEVER...RUNOFF AND FLOODING FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS 

HAS NOT YET HAD TIME TO RECEDE. ONE TO THREE MORE HOURS OF LIGHT 

RAIN WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS 

BEFORE SUNRISE. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REPORTS OF FLOODING AND HEAVY RAINFALL INCLUDE AROUND A FOOT OF 

WATER REPORTED COVERING THE ROADS NEAR GODDARD AND REECK...AND 2.90 

INCHES OF RAIN IN SLIGHTLY MORE THAN AN HOUR IN ANN ARBOR NEAR THE 

M-14/US-23 INTERCHANGE. 



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC.



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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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