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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

643 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001



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

OAKLAND...MACOMB...AND WAYNE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT...



AT 640 PM EDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS WITH 

STANDING WATER ON THEM...MOSTLY IN OAKLAND COUNTY ALONG AND EAST OF 

TELEGRAPH ROAD.  THREE INCHES OF WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE OVER THE 

ROAD ON SQUARE LAKE NEAR INTERSTATE 75...AND IN RIVERSIDE PARK IN 

AUBURN HILLS...WATER WAS UP TO THE BENCHES IN THE PARK FROM THE 

CLINTON RIVER.  RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN EASTERN 

OAKLAND COUNTY BETWEEN 430 PM AND 630 PM...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE 

FROM AUBURN HILLS TO SOUTHFIELD.



HEAVY RAIN HAS BEGUN TO DIMINISH IN OAKLAND AND WAYNE COUNTIES...

HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST IN NORTHWEST MACOMB COUNTY...

NORTHWEST OF ROMEO...THROUGH 715 PM.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS 

LIKELY AROUND ROMEO BETWEEN 645 PM AND 715 PM.  AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN 

SUBSIDES...STANDING WATER SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE.



MAKE SURE CHILDREN DO NOT PLAY IN OR NEAR FLOODED DRAINAGE DITCHES...

SMALL STREAMS OR STORM DRAINS.  CURRENTS OR SUCTION FORCES COULD 

CAUSE DROWNING.  KEEP OUT OF FLOODED BASEMENTS TO AVOID THE DANGER 

OF ELECTROCUTION.  THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF RAW SEWAGE FROM 

BACKED UP SEWERS.



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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

643 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001



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

COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM EDT...



AT 640 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN LAPEER COUNTY. SPOTTERS IN IMLAY CITY 

REPORTED TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND MINOR STREET FLOODING DEVELOPING. 

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 4 AND 630 PM IN CENTRAL AND 

EASTERN LAPEER COUNTY.



ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF RAIN WILL FALL BETWEEN 630 PM AND 730 

PM...MAINLY NEAR AND EAST OF M 53. THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO STREET 

FLOODING...MAINLY IN THE COMMUNITIES OF DRYDEN...ALMONT...AND IMLAY 

CITY.



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