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Stormy Thursday: Flash Flood watch for much of Southeast Michigan

severe-weather-alert
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BAY...GENESEE...HURON...
  LAPEER...MACOMB...MIDLAND...OAKLAND...SAGINAW...SANILAC...
  SHIAWASSEE...ST. CLAIR AND TUSCOLA.

* UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY

* ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
  TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ALOFT STALLS OUT OVER THE
  REGION. RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4
  INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE TRI CITES
  REGION. LINGERING INSTABILITY AND A STALLED OUT FRONTAL AXIS
  WILL SUPPORT THUNDERSTORM DEVELPOMENT. ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
  TONIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...WITH
  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE.

* URBAN FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE TRI CITIES AREA...WILL BE
  POSSIBLE.