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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

526 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009





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LAPEER MI-MACOMB MI-OAKLAND MI-

526 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN OAKLAND...

MACOMB AND SOUTHWESTERN LAPEER COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...



AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL REDEVELOPING ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE

FALLEN THROUGH 5 PM.



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...MOUNT CLEMENS...OXFORD...ROMEO...ST. CLAIR SHORES...

DRYDEN...HADLEY...MACOMB TOWNSHIP...METAMORA...ORTONVILLE...ROCHESTER

AND STERLING HEIGHTS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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LAT...LON 4247 8289 4257 8312 4286 8352 4288 8351

      4289 8346 4299 8346 4301 8345 4297 8314

      4271 8281



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