“The single worst decision you can make in a flash flood is driving your vehicle into floodwaters of unknown depth”, The Weather Channel warns.
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Isolated street flooding is possible Monday and creeks that are running high could experience flash flooding if heavy rain hits isolated hot spots like Northwest Harris County.
Three inches of rain is not out of the question for some of those areas under the flash flood watch, with up to 5 inches possible south of Kankakee County in IL, and in many parts of northwest Indiana.
The storm system is the same one that caused severe flooding in Louisiana, but National Weather Service meteorologist Steven Freitag said the system loses “some of its moisture” as it moves into the Livingston County area.
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch from 4 p.m. Wednesday until 3 a.m. Thursday.
“We had our saws sharpened and ready to go”, he said.
The rainfall will become “heavy at times during the overnight hours and should taper off” Tuesday afternoon, Thompson said.
Low-lying areas on the Michigan State University campus also avoided flooding, although the Red Cedar River appeared to be nearing its capacity. Two weeks ago, USA Today reported, a 1-in-1,000-year rain event in Ellicott City, Md., unleashed devastating flash floods that killed two people and carried away cars, resulting in a harrowing rescue of a trapped motorist.
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Every other day this week has at least a slight chance for rain as well.
