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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

1157 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HURON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT



* AT 1155 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORT 

  AUSTIN...OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF BAD AXE...MOVING EAST AT 50 

  MPH.  THE HURON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS

  NEAR CASEVILLE AT 1140 PM.



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 4 AND 5 

  INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY HAD FALLEN NEAR CASEVILLE SINCE 1040 PM.  A 

  LONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM HURON COUNTY 

  THROUGH THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA...AND THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST 

  AND NORTHEAST.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD PROVIDE FOR ANOTHER 2 

  TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR CASEVILLE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. 

MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4396 8349 4379 8341 4439 7985 4483 8001



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