Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Detroit, MI

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT  MI
735 PM EDT MON APR 25 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DROP HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST
CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 733 PM...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
LOWER MICHIGAN.  THESE STORMS WERE IN AN AREA THAT EXTENDED SOUTH
HIGHWAY M-46.  A STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST SANILAC COUNTY
NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF AMADOR...75 MILES EAST OF FLINT.  ANOTHER STRONG
STORM WAS NEAR BURNSIDE AND IMLAY CITY.  IMAY CITY IS 41 MILES EAST OF
FLINT.  ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS OVER SWARTZ CREEK...13 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF FLINT.  MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE SWARTZ CREEK STORM WILL AFFECT GRAND BLANC BY 800 PM.  THE IMLAY
CITY STORM WILL MOVE INTO ST. CLAIR COUNTY BY 745 PM AND THE STORM NEAR
BURNSIDE WILL AFFECT ROSEBURG...65 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF FLINT...BY
815 PM.

THESE STORMS CONTAINT VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

DURING A THUNDERSTORM...REMAIN INDOORS AND REFRAIN FROM USING WATER
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI
807 PM EDT MON APR 25 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLIPPING NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ST. CLAIR
AND OAKLAND COUNTIES...

AT 800 PM...RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...FROM JUST NORTH OF PORT HURON
WEST ACROSS THE FLINT AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN
SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

THE STORMS WERE TRACKING EAST AROUND 40 MPH. COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 10 PM INCLUDE YALE...CAPAC...AND
OXFORD. CAPAC IS 47 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT...AND OXFORD IS
35 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT.

A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SHORE OF LAKE HURON
NORTH OF PORT HURON UNTIL 850 PM. BOATERS ALONG THE ST. CLAIR COUNTY
SHORE OF LAKE HURON SHOULD FIND SAFE HARBOR NOW. IF YOU LIVE IN THE
AFFECTED AREA...FIND SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. HEAVY RAIN
UP TO ONE INCH IN A FEW HOURS HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.
WATCH OUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS.

YORK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT  MI
846 PM EDT MON APR 25 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE THROUGH PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 845 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL...EXTENDED FROM THE LAKE
HURON SHORELINE NEAR RICHMONDVILLE IN SANILAC COUNTY...SOUTHWEST TO
LAPEER...TO FLINT...THROUGH DURAND IN SHIAWASSEE COUNTY THEN ON TO
LANSING.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR ALMONT...45 MILES EAST OF
FLINT AND NEAR DURAND...24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLINT.  MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORM NEAR DURAND WILL MAKE IT TO RANKIN...14 SOUTH OF
FLINT...BY 900 PM...WHILE THE ALMONT STORM WILL MOVE INTO ST. CLAIR
COUNTY ALSO BY 900 PM.

THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO DUMP HEAVY RAIN...HAVE STRONG GUSTY WIND AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.  ALSO...AREAS WHERE THE RAIN HAS BEEN
HEAVY...THE GROUND IS BECOMING SATURATED.  THEREFOR...IF THESE AREAS
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS MAY BEGIN TO FLOOD.

MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING
DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.t  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT  MI
846 PM EDT MON APR 25 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE THROUGH PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 845 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL...EXTENDED FROM THE LAKE
HURON SHORELINE NEAR RICHMONDVILLE IN SANILAC COUNTY...SOUTHWEST TO
LAPEER...TO FLINT...THROUGH DURAND IN SHIAWASSEE COUNTY THEN ON TO
LANSING.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR ALMONT...45 MILES EAST OF
FLINT AND NEAR DURAND...24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLINT.  MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORM NEAR DURAND WILL MAKE IT TO RANKIN...14 SOUTH OF
FLINT...BY 900 PM...WHILE THE ALMONT STORM WILL MOVE INTO ST. CLAIR
COUNTY ALSO BY 900 PM.

THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO DUMP HEAVY RAIN...HAVE STRONG GUSTY WIND AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.  ALSO...AREAS WHERE THE RAIN HAS BEEN
HEAVY...THE GROUND IS BECOMING SATURATED.  THEREFORE...IF THESE AREAS
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS MAY BEGIN TO FLOOD.

MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING
DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

MJN

...CORRECTED FOR SPELLING...

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI
950 PM EDT MON APR 25 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL PERSISTED OVER NORTH
PORTIONS OF ST. CLAIR AND OAKLAND COUNTIES...

AT 945 PM...RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...FROM JUST NORTH OF PORT HURON
WEST ACROSS THE FLINT AREA. THESE STORMS HAVE PERSISTED IN THE SAME
GENERAL AREA SINCE 700 PM...DROPPING UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF
RAIN IN THE FLINT AND LANSING AREAS.

THE STORMS WERE TRACKING EAST AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
THE SAME COMMUNITIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ALTHOUGH SOME GUSTY WINDS AND
SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE...THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE
HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

PERSONS IN NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
STORMS IN NORTHERN LIVINGSTON...OAKLAND...AND MACOMB COUNTIES WILL
ALSO HAVE SOME BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN...BUT NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED
THERE.

IF YOU ARE ON THE ROAD TONIGHT NORTH OF DETROIT...BE PREPARED FOR
AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN. WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS.

YORK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT  MI
955 PM EDT MON APR 25 1994

...THE GROUND IS BECOMING SATURATED DUE TO CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN...

AT 952 PM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF EAST
CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST WEST OF FLINT.
MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.  THE STORM
JUST WEST OF FLINT WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITY OF LAPEER BY 1015 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER SHIAWASSEE COUNTY...GENESEE
COUNTY AND LAPEER COUNTY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND WILL PRODUCE
COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN.  THE GROUND IS BECOMING SATURATED AND POSSIBLE
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL ALSO PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING
DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.