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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

725 PM EST FRI FEB 9 2001



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

SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED 

FOR BAY...MIDLAND...HURON...SAGINAW AND TUSCOLA COUNTIES...



AT 725 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA 

OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST 

MICHIGAN...PRIMARILY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 69. NORTH OF INTERSTATE 

69...THE RAIN IS MAKING A TRANSITION TO SNOW. THE RAIN SHOWERS WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW. THE TRANSITION 

WILL OCCUR CLOSER TO 10 PM IN FAR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS BETWEEN 730 PM AND 10 PM ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE 

QUARTER INCH.  



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 CONTINUE TO HAVE STANDING WATER. SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS MAY ALSO BRIEFLY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 



SIGNIFICANT URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WAS REPORTED LATE THIS 

AFTERNOON IN THE SOUTHFIELD AREA NEAR TELEGRAPH AND 12 MILE ROADS. 



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

EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. AS THE COLD AIR ADVANCES 

INTO THE REGION BE CAUTIOUS ON ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT AS WELL...FOR BOTH 

REMAINING AREAS OF PONDED WATER...AND AREAS WHERE THE WATER BEGINS 

TO FREEZE. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO...OR 

YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER FORECAST UPDATES.

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