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...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...GENESEE...LAPEER...LIVINGSTON...MACOMB...OAKLAND... SHIAWASSEE...ST. CLAIR...WASHTENAW AND WAYNE.

* THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* A GENERAL 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL OCCURRED FROM LAST NIGHT THROUGH TODAY WITH THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION IN THE URBANIZED AREA OF WAYNE...OAKLAND...AND MACOMB COUNTIES. MOST OF THE RAIN OCCURRED OVER A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME PERIOD AROUND SUNRISE THIS MORNING AND RESULTED IN CONSIDERABLE URBAN FLOODING. THIS AREA WILL REMAIN VERY SENSITIVE TO RENEWED FLOODING AFTER ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THAT REMAINS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

* RAINFALL TOTALS IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE OCCURRED WESTWARD THROUGH LIVINGSTON AND WASHTENAW COUNTIES. TOTALS MOSTLY LESS THAN 1 INCH OCCURRED ALONG THE I-69 CORRIDOR BETWEEN FLINT AND PORT HURON. THESE AREAS WILL BE LESS SENSITIVE TO SHORT TERM FLOODING BUT WILL TEND TO EXPERIENCE MORE FREQUENT ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND ESPECIALLY FRIDAY TOWARD THE I-69 CORRIDOR.

* AFTER ROUNDS OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE NIGHT...BANDS OF HEAVIER RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE REMAINS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH A TREND TOWARD HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF METRO DETROIT THROUGH FLINT AND PORT HURON DURING FRIDAY. URBAN FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES OF RAIN SWOLLEN RIVERS AND CREEKS IS LIKELY.

* AFFECTED AREAS: GENESEE ... LAPEER ... LIVINGSTON ... MACOMB ... OAKLAND ... SHIAWASSEE ... ST. CLAIR ... WASHTENAW ... WAYNE

Instructions:

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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