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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

1150 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 4 AM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...



  LENAWEE  

  LIVINGSTON 

  MACOMB  

  MONROE  

  OAKLAND 

  WASHTENAW  

  WAYNE  







AT 1140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE DETROIT METROPOLITAN 

AREA WEST TO SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST

AT 45 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA AT LEAST THROUGH 4 AM.



AS OF 1130 PM...RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE STORMS 

THIS EVENING AND EARLY NIGHT RANGED FROM ABOUT A HALF AN INCH ACROSS 

LIVINGSTON...OAKLAND AND MACOMB COUNTIES TO AS MUCH AS AN INCH 

ACROSS CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY ALONG THE ALREADY FLOODED ECORSE CREEK 

BASIN AREA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE STILL POSSIBLE 

OVERNIGHT.  



THREE INTERSECTIONS IN ANN ARBOR WERE REPORTED CLOSED.  WASHTENAW 

AND SOUTH UNIVERSITY...FULLER COURT AND FULLER...AND MAIN AND 

SNIDER.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM STORMS CAN 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.



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.



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. SOME ROADWAYS MAY EVEN BE CLOSED.



LAT...LON 4276 8414 4221 8414 4174 8436 4175 8349

          4246 8292 4287 8275 4287 8345 4279 8372



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