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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

610 PM EST FRI FEB 9 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR ALL OF 

SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...



AT 610 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA 

OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST 

MICHIGAN. THESE RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM...BEFORE 

TRANSITIONING TO SNOW. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND ONE QUARTER 

INCH IS EXPECTED THROUGH 9 PM.  



THE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS 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. 



SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE SOUTHFIELD AREA 

NEAR TELEGRAPH AND 12 MILE ROADS...AS OF 610 PM. 



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

EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. AND DO NOT CROSS AREAS 

WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS 

FOR LATER FORECAST UPDATES.

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