Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
238 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009

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SANILAC MI-LAPEER MI-ST. CLAIR MI-
238 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LAPEER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN SANILAC COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 233 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL
ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN CENTRAL LAPEER COUNTY AND IN
BROCKWAY TOWNSHIP IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY. THE FLOODING WAS FROM VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED TWO
TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ALMONT...
BROWN CITY...CAPAC...COLUMBIAVILLE...CROSWELL...IMLAY CITY...
LAKEPORT...LAPEER...LEXINGTON...NORTH BRANCH...PORT HURON...YALE...
APPLEGATE...DRYDEN...EMMETT...HADLEY...LUM...MARYSVILLE...MELVIN...
METAMORA...OTTER LAKE AND PECK.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY FROM IMLAY CITY EAST TO PORT HURON. THE
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY COME TO AN END BY 500 PM EDT.
HOWEVER...THE RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOOD
ISSUES IN WARNED AREA UNTIL 630 PM EDT.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS
AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOU SEE A FLOODED AREA...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!