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Gibraltar Police Department
Monday December 28th, 2015 :: 10:32 a.m. EST

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GIBRALTAR LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.WATER LEVEL OF 72 INCHES POSSIBLE

Lakeshore Flood Warning for Gibraltar: Please prepare for high water, check boat lines and move property back to prevent items floating away. Street flooding may occur due to precipitation and high lake levels. Highest water to occur between 5pm-9pm today, than rapid water level fall expected with wind change.
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1011 AM EST MON DEC 28 2015

...WATER LEVELS WILL RISE QUICKLY ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE...

MIZ076-083-282315-
/O.NEW.KDTX.LS.W.0003.151228T1700Z-151229T0500Z/
WAYNE-MONROE-
1011 AM EST MON DEC 28 2015

...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT.

* MINOR LAKE SHORE FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE ERIE
SHORELINE. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT
WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS ON WESTERN LAKE ERIE AND THE MOUTH OF
THE DETROIT RIVER TO RISE TO NEAR 6 FEET /72 INCHES/ ABOVE CHART
DATUM. THE PEAK IN WATER LEVELS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 5 PM AND 9
PM. THE WATER LEVELS WILL DROP QUICKLY OVERNIGHT AS WIND WILL
SHIFT TO SOUTHERLY.

* IMPACTS...MINOR LAKESHORE FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITH THE GREATEST
FLOOD POTENTIAL FROM ESTRAL BEACH NORTH TO GIBRALTAR. HIGH
WAVES WILL EXACERBATE THE FLOOD POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE SHORELINE
EROSION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

* A LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT ALONG THE LAKE. RESIDENTS ON OR NEAR THE SHORE IN THE
WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.


* PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED.
VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT
DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE)

Instructions:

Move property away from water, check boat lines, water may flood streets due to falling precipitation and high water from lake Erie.

Address/Location
Gibraltar Police Department
29450 Munro St
Gibraltar, MI 48173

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 734-676-1022

Larry Williams
Police Department
[email protected]
734-676-5229

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29450 Munro St
Gibraltar, MI 48173

Alert Details

Severity:
Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Likely (p > ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Flood Warning

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