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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

1144 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2001



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

COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM EDT...



AT 1137 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED 

SOUTH OF MIDLAND COUNTY. HOWEVER...LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

PRODUCING A STEADY RAIN IN MIDLAND COUNTY...AND WILL CONTINUE 

THROUGH 1 AM. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL IN WESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY BETWEEN 930 PM AND 1130 PM. AN 

ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 1130 PM 

AND 1 AM.



THE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL CAUSE SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS TO 

REMAIN AT OR JUST ABOVE BANKFULL...AND COULD FLOOD BASEMENTS AND 

OTHER AREAS THAT DRAIN POORLY. THE FLOOD THREAT IS GREATEST IN THE 

WESTERN HALF OF MIDLAND COUNTY.



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...AND ALWAYS OBEY BARRICADES.



JZ

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