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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

1152 AM EST FRI FEB 9 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL 

OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN UNTIL 6 PM EST TODAY...



AT 1145 AM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SOME ROADS BLOCKED BY 

STANDING WATER IN THE FLINT AREA...AND LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING IN 

LAPEER AND TUSCOLA COUNTIES. THIS FLOODING WAS THE RESULT OF HEAVY 

RAINFALL AND MELTING SNOW...COMBINED WITH POOR DRAINAGE DUE TO SNOW 

STILL ON THE GROUND. 



SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE REST OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN 

THIS AFTERNOON REQUIRING THE ISSUANCE OF AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING 

CITIES AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES...

 

MIDLAND...          BAY...          SAGINAW...          CARO...     

BAD AXE...          SANDUSKY...     PORT HURON...       OWOSSO...

FLINT...            LAPEER...       MOUNT CLEMENS...    HOWELL...

ANN ARBOR...        ADRIAN...       MONROE...



AND THE DETROIT METRO AREA.



WITH ABOUT AN INCH OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT...AND ANOTHER INCH EXPECTED 

TODAY OVER THE ENTIRE AREA...COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW MELT... 

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE 

AFTERNOON.  



SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IS EXPECTED WHERE SNOW BLOCKS 

OPENINGS TO STORM SEWERS. ALSO...THE FROZEN GROUND WILL NOT ABSORB 

THE RAINFALL AND MELTING SNOW...RESULTING IN STANDING WATER IN LOW 

LYING AREAS SUCH AS ROAD UNDERPASSES. ROADS THAT DRAIN POORLY WILL 

ACQUIRE SEVERAL INCHES OF STANDING WATER. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS 

MAY BRIEFLY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 



MOTORISTS TRAVELING AROUND THE AREA ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE 

EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR. STAY TUNED TO 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION 

AND RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER FORECAST UPDATES.



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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

1152 AM EST FRI FEB 9 2001



CORRECTED LIST OF CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA.



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL 

OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN UNTIL 6 PM EST TODAY...



AT 1145 AM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SOME ROADS BLOCKED BY 

STANDING WATER IN THE FLINT AREA...AND LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING IN 

LAPEER AND TUSCOLA COUNTIES. THIS FLOODING WAS THE RESULT OF HEAVY 

RAINFALL AND MELTING SNOW...COMBINED WITH POOR DRAINAGE DUE TO SNOW 

STILL ON THE GROUND. 



SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE REST OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN 

THIS AFTERNOON REQUIRING THE ISSUANCE OF AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING 

CITIES AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES...

 

MIDLAND...                   BAY CITY...        SAGINAW...         

CARO...                      BAD AXE...         SANDUSKY...     

PORT HURON...                OWOSSO...          FLINT...

LAPEER...                    MOUNT CLEMENS...   PONTIAC... 

HOWELL...                    ANN ARBOR...       ADRIAN...       

MONROE...



AND THE DETROIT METRO AREA.



WITH ABOUT AN INCH OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT...AND ANOTHER INCH EXPECTED 

TODAY OVER THE ENTIRE AREA...COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW MELT... 

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE 

AFTERNOON.  



SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IS EXPECTED WHERE SNOW BLOCKS 

OPENINGS TO STORM SEWERS. ALSO...THE FROZEN GROUND WILL NOT ABSORB 

THE RAINFALL AND MELTING SNOW...RESULTING IN STANDING WATER IN LOW 

LYING AREAS SUCH AS ROAD UNDERPASSES. ROADS THAT DRAIN POORLY WILL 

ACQUIRE SEVERAL INCHES OF STANDING WATER. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS 

MAY BRIEFLY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 



MOTORISTS TRAVELING AROUND THE AREA ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE 

EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR. STAY TUNED TO 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION 

AND RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER FORECAST UPDATES.



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