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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1039 AM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

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LAPEER MI-
1039 AM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LAPEER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT THAT MANY ROADS IN SOUTHERN 
LAPEER COUNTY REMAIN UNDER WATER WITH NUMEROUS BASEMENTS ALSO 
FLOODED. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH 
EARLY AFTERNOON...IT WILL TAKE A SEVERAL MORE HOURS FOR RUNOFF TO 
DRAIN AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL...WHICH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AT 4 TO 6 
INCHES...FELL FROM AROUND LAPEER SOUTHEAST TO ALMONT. THIS IS IN 
ADDITION TO THE NEARLY 2 INCHES THAT FELL OVER MUCH THE SAME AREA 
SATURDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN 
AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... 
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING 
STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4289 8325 4289 8330 4289 8343 4288 8346
      4307 8345 4308 8299 4289 8298

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MANN