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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

151 AM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001



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



WIDESPREAD SHOWERS...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...CONTINUED OVER HURON 

COUNTY AT 150 AM.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE 

INTENSITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY SINCE 

1245 AM.  HOWEVER...OVER 7 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY HAD OCCURRED IN AN 

AREA BETWEEN CASEVILLE AND PORT AUSTIN...NEAR PORT CRESCENT STATE 

PARK...SINCE 1040 PM THURSDAY EVENING.



SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM THE 

SOUTHWEST ACROSS HURON COUNTY AT LEAST THROUGH 330 AM.  ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE CASEVILLE AND PORT AUSTIN AREAS WILL AVERAGE 

AROUND AN INCH BETWEEN 2 AM AND 330 AM...WHICH COULD PUSH RAINFALL 

TOTALS LOCALLY OVER 8 INCHES NEAR M 25 BETWEEN CASEVILLE AND PORT 

AUSTIN.  AT 1248 AM...A RAINFALL SPOTTER FROM PORT AUSTIN REPORTED 

THAT NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE THE THUNDERSTORMS 

BEGAN LATE THURSDAY EVENING...AND AT THAT TIME...RAIN WAS FALLING AT 

NEARLY AN INCH PER HOUR IN MODERATE TO VERY HEAVY BURSTS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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