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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

212 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHTENAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT



* AT 207 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER WASHTENAW COUNTY

...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.



SOME CITIES AND TOWNS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

INCLUDE...ANN ARBOR...SALINE...YPSILANTI...ROMULUS...LIVONIA...

DEARBORN...DEARBORN HEIGHTS...GROSSE ILE...DOWNTOWN DETROIT



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4240 8403 4213 8401 4211 8314 4242 8289



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