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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

1229 PM EST FRI MAR 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HURON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PORT AUSTIN AND BAD AXE 



* UNTIL 315 PM EST



* AT 1219 PM EST...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED AN ICE JAM 

  ALONG THE BIRD CREEK IN DOWNTOWN PORT AUSTIN. THE SPOTTER 

  REPORTED THE WATER LEVELS RISING RAPIDLY ALONG THE BIRD CREEK 

  IN PORT AUSTIN AND BEGINNING TO APPROACH SOME NEARBY CONDOS.       

  THIS SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED THAT WILLOW CREEK 

  NEAR HIGHWAY 142 WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS.



* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH AND A HALF LAST NIGHT AND 

  THIS MORNING ALONG WITH RECENT SNOWMELT HAS LED TO MANY CREEKS 

  OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS. THE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE ALONG THE 

  BIRD CREEK IN PORT AUSTIN UNTIL THE ICE JAM BREAKS. 



COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 

AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS NEAR CREEKS AND DITCHES ARE SUBJECT TO 

FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 4387 8327 4371 8316 4378 8270 4403 8298



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