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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

753 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR MONROE

COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM EDT...



AT 750 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

WIDESPREAD RAIN ONGOING THROUGHOUT MONROE COUNTY.  RAINFALL 

INTENSITY OVER MOST OF THE COUNTY HAD SHOWN A DECREASE SINCE 7 PM.  

HOWEVER...BETWEEN 5 PM AND 730 PM...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 

BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY HAD FALLEN IN A SMALL AREA 

WEST OF DUNDEE.



A STEADY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MONROE COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM.  

ANOTHER QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAIN MAY OCCUR IN SOME LOCATIONS 

BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM.  THIS COULD PUSH RAINFALL TOTALS OVER 3 

INCHES IN SOME SPOTS FOR THE DAY.  



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AT NIGHT.  FLOODED SECTIONS OF

ROAD MAY NOT BE VISIBLE IN THE DARKNESS. NEVER DRIVE INTO WATER OF 

UNKNOWN DEPTH.  STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER 

INFORMATION.



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