Flood Advisory until 02:00AM Sunday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS FOR... SOUTHERN MACOMB COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN... WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN... SOUTHERN OAKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY
* AT 1056 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. OVERFLOWING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE... WARREN...LIVONIA...TROY...SOUTHFIELD...TAYLOR...ST. CLAIR SHORES...NOVI...ROMULUS...MOUNT CLEMENS...NEW BALTIMORE...FLAT ROCK...GROSSE POINTE...DOWNTOWN DETROIT...CANTON...DETROIT... STERLING HEIGHTS... DEARBORN...ROYAL OAK...WYANDOTTE AND BIRMINGHAM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL MAKE MINOR FLOODING.
* AFFECTED AREAS: MACOMB ... OAKLAND ... WAYNE
Instructions:
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.
Address/Location
Dearborn Police Department
16099 Michigan Ave
Dearborn, MI 48126
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 313-943-2240
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP DEARBORNPD followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Minor - Minimal to no known threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flood Advisory