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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

120 PM EST FRI FEB 9 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 

ALL OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN UNTIL 6 PM EST TODAY...



AT 115 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN 

CONTINUING OVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS 

OCCURRING AROUND THE DETROIT AND PONTIAC AREAS...AND AT POINTS NORTH 

INTO THE THUMB AND OVER TO PORT HURON. LOCATIONS AROUND THE TRI 

CITIES HAD A BRIEF ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL BEFORE 1 PM...BUT WERE 

GETTING A RELATIVE BREAK IN THE ACTION.



TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED SEVERAL INSTANCES OF STANDING 

WATER HAMPERING TRAVEL OR COMPLETELY BLOCKING ROADS. AT 1230 PM... 

A SPOTTER IN MACOMB COUNTY REPORTED 2 FEET OF STANDING WATER ON 

EXECUTIVE DRIVE...JUST WEST OF SELFRIDGE AIR BASE. AT 1 PM... 

OAKLAND COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORTED A STREET WAS CLOSED IN 

PONTIAC DUE TO STANDING WATER.



RADAR INDICATED THAT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND ONE HALF INCH 

WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 130 PM AND 4 PM...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE 

PONTIAC AND DETROIT METRO AREAS.



ADDITIONAL 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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