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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

915 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2001



...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MONROE COUNTY HAS 

EXPIRED...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS 

TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT HAS 

DIMINISHED. THUS...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IN 

EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



DOPPLAR RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL INDICATE THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN FELL OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN MILAN AND 

DUNDEE. THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PM 

HAVE MOVED SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY AND NO LONGER POSE A 

THREAT TO THE COUNTY.



MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL 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.



GSS

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

915 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LENAWEE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



AT 915 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LENAWEE COUNTY...MAINLY CONCENTRATED SOUTH 

OF A LINE FROM HUDSON TO DEERFIELD.  REPORTS FROM THE LENAWEE COUNTY 

SHERIFF INDICATED NO KNOWN FLOODING IN THE FAR NORTHEAST PART OF THE 

COUNTY NEAR MACON...WHERE VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON 

AND DURING THE EARLY EVENING.  AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

FOR LENAWEE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AND WILL NOT BE 

EXTENDED.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES 

OF RAIN LIKELY FELL OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST PART OF LENAWEE COUNTY...

NEAR MACON...DURING THE DAY.  THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF THAT TOTAL WAS 

ESTIMATED BETWEEN 530 PM AND 8 PM.  SHOWERS AND SCATTERED 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF ANY WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A 

SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.  STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST 

WEATHER INFORMATION.



DJF

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