FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING 
Issued by The National Weather Service
Detroit, MI
Tue, Aug 19, 2014, 2:33 PM EDT
... FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... MACOMB... OAKLAND... WASHTENAW AND WAYNE.
* UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE.
* RAINFALL OF UP TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT LOCAL FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE RUNOFF WILL BE ENHANCED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
* PREPARE... PLAN... AND STAY INFORMED.
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... THUNDERSTORMS TO BRING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
.A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY BUILD INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS LIFT INTO THE AREA FROM NORTHERN INDIANA... TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO LOCAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF AROUND 3 INCHES. THIS WILL OCCUR AROUND THE EVENING COMMUTE... AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS.
Instructions:
MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS
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16099 Michigan Ave
Dearborn, MI 48126
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