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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

729 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LENAWEE COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM

EDT...



AT 725 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A GRADUALLY 

WEAKENING BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR ALMA TO 

TOLEDO.  SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST 

CORNER OF LENAWEE COUNTY...NEAR CLINTON...TECUMSEH...AND MACON.  

SINCE 430 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES NEAR MACON IN THE FAR NORTHEAST 

CORNER OF LENAWEE COUNTY...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES LIKELY HAVING FALLEN 

DURING THE ENTIRE DAY.



RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST LENAWEE COUNTY FOR 

MUCH OF THE EVENING.  THOUGH THE RAIN MAY GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN 

INTENSITY BETWEEN 730 PM AND 9 PM...ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY 

NEAR MACON...AND IN OTHER AREAS NORTHEAST OF TECUMSEH.  THIS COULD 

PUSH RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 430 PM AND 9 PM TO AROUND 5 INCHES IN 

SOME SPOTS.  



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AT NIGHT.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO 

WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. 

DURING THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT...FLOODED SECTIONS OF ROAD MAY NOT BE 

VISIBLE. 



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