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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

647 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WASHTENAW COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM

EDT...



A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 

SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN WASHTENAW COUNTY UNTIL AT LEAST 800 PM.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 400 PM 

FROM JUST WEST OF CHELSEA TO BRIDGEPORT ON WEST TO MANCHESTER. UP TO 

FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR FREDONIA.



UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH 800 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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