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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

350 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HURON COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM

EDT...



AT 350 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHWEST INTO SOUTHERN HURON 

COUNTY AT 10 MPH. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL RESULT IN AN 

ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN HURON COUNTY BY 600 

PM. 



THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL FALL ON GROUND THAT IS ALREADY 

SATURATED. A SPOTTER FROM SOUTHERN HURON COUNTY REPORTED NUMEROUS 

FIELDS FLOODING AND DITCHES RUNNING HIGH AND FAST. THE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE THESE DITCHES TO SPILL OVER THEIR BANKS AND COULD 

POSE FLOODING PROBLEMS ON LOCAL ROADWAYS. THE AREA OF GREATEST 

CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE JUST WEST OF UBLY AND NORTH TOWARD KINDE.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO 7 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE SATURDAY EVENING. THE 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD BRING RAINFALL TOTALS TO AROUND 10 INCHES. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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