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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

750 AM EDT TUE MAY 15 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR HILLSDALE 

COUNTY IN MICHIGAN...EASTERN DEFIANCE...FULTON...HENRY AND EASTERN 

WILLIAMS COUNTY IN OHIO UNTIL 1000 AM EDT...



THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF 

SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE MONDAY EVENING...WITH SOME LOCATIONS 

RECEIVING UP TO THREE INCHES.  



PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS HAS BEEN OBSERVED BUT NO REPORTS OF 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH 

1000 AM EDT...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH 

EXPECTED.   



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS TO RISE...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS...UNDERPASSES AND 

DITCHES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS AND STAY AWAY FROM AREAS 

THAT FLOOD EASILY. 



THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH 

MORE HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER 

UPDATES. 



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LASHLEY

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