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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

610 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001



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

OAKLAND AND WAYNE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT...



AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...THAT EXTENDED 

FROM NEAR LEONARD IN NORTHEAST OAKLAND COUNTY TO NORTHWEST DETROIT.  

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTH...ESPECIALLY 

ACROSS EASTERN OAKLAND COUNTY...WHERE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED BETWEEN 

2.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY FELL OVER PARTS OF AUBURN HILLS AND 

ROCHESTER HILLS BETWEEN 430 PM AND 6 PM.  NEARLY TWO INCHES OF THAT 

TOTAL FELL BETWEEN 5 PM AND 6 PM NEAR INTERSTATE 75.  MOREOVER...AN

OFF DUTY WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED A FOOT OF WATER OVER THE 

ROAD NEAR WOODWARD AROUND BIRMINGHAM.



WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE NEAR DEQUINDRE 

ROAD...AND OVER FAR NORTHERN DETROIT...THROUGH 7 PM.  AN ADDITIONAL 

INCH OR TWO OF RAIN MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN I 75 AND M 53...

BETWEEN 615 PM AND 7 PM.  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES AND BASEMENTS.  STANDING WATER CAN BE 

EXPECTED IN THE CURBSIDE LANES OF HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.  SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY BRIEFLY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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