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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

340 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2001



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

COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM EDT...



AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS FROM EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 

50 HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED SOUTH OF THE COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.  

THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF NEAR 1 INCH PER HOUR 

THROUGH 5 PM OVER SATURATED GROUND.  THIS MAY INDUCE FURTHER 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND ALONG STREAMS AND 

CREEKS.   



DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN SINCE 1 PM SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50.  WITH EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN STANDING WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS THAT 

DRAIN POORLY. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY BRIEFLY RISE OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS.



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