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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

305 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HURON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 305 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS OCCURRING 5 MILES SOUTH OF BAD AXE.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS

  NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW GREATER THAN 7 INCHES OF   

  RAIN SINCE SATURDAY EVENING...WITH 4 INCHES SINCE 2 PM THIS        

  AFTERNOON. THE AREA THAT HAS RECEIVED THE GREATEST RAINFALL LIES 

  BETWEEN UBLY AND BAD AXE.



* THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS SOUTHERN HURON   

  COUNTY THROUGH 5 PM...RESULTING IN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL     

  RAINFALL. THIS WILL BRING LOCAL RAINFALL TOTALS TO NEAR 10         

  INCHES...ESPECIALLY JUST WEST OF UBLY. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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