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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

1243 AM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HURON COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM EDT...



PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHERN HURON COUNTY...

NORTH OF M 142...AT 1240 AM.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

SHOWED 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY HAD OCCURRED IN AN AREA FROM 

CASEVILLE TO PORT AUSTIN...ALONG M 25...BETWEEN 1040 PM AND 1230 

AM.  THIS HEAVY RAIN WOULD HAVE AFFECTED SLEEPER STATE PARK AND PORT 

CRESCENT STATE PARK.



HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE CASEVILLE AND 

PORT AUSTIN AREAS THROUGH 115 AM.  AFTER 115 AM...THE RAINFALL 

SHOULD REMAIN PERSISTENT THROUGH 3 AM BUT BECOME LIGHTER IN 

INTENSITY ON AVERAGE.  STILL...ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN 

THAT MAY OCCUR BETWEEN 1245 AM AND 115 AM COULD PROVIDE FOR LOCAL 

RAINFALL TOTALS OVER 8 INCHES.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AT NIGHT. DO NOT DRIVE INTO

WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

DURING THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT...FLOODED SECTIONS OF ROAD MAY NOT BE 

VISIBLE. 



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