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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

138 AM EST SUN FEB 25 2001



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

OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING...



AT 135 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE

TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN.

THIS RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE PRE

DAWN HOURS. RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN BETWEEN 7 PM

SATURDAY EVENING AND 1 AM SUNDAY MORNING WERE GENERALLY IN THE ONE

HALF TO ONE INCH RANGE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO THREE

QUARTERS OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED BY SUNRISE THIS MORNING.



THE COMBINATION OF THIS ADDITIONAL EARLY MORNING RAINFALL...FROZEN

GROUND...AND BLOCKED STORM DRAINS DUE TO SNOW AND SLEET BUILD UP

PROMPTS THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ADVISORY. 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.



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 ANY 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 EARLY THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER

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

FOR LATER FORECAST UPDATES.



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