Flood warning underway for Macomb County until late Friday night

FOX 2 (WJBK) - Macomb County is under a flood warning until 9 p.m. Friday evening, according to the National Weather Service.

The flood warning was issued at about 1:30 p.m. Earlier today, a flash flood warning was issued for Wayne and Macomb counties.

Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms with heavy rain moving through the area, according to the National Weather Service.

An estimated one inch of rainfall has fallen in the past 30 minutes. Additional rainfall amounts may exceed 2 inches in the warned area through this afternoon. 

Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

The NWS said some locations expected to experience flash flooding include Warren, St. Clair Shores, Grosse Pointe, Roseville, Eastpointe, Hamtramck, Hazel Park, Grosse Pointe Woods, Harper Woods, Highland Park, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe Farms, Center Line, Northeast Detroit and Grosse Pointe Shores.

Earlier Friday morning sporadic heavy rain caused numerous freeway flooding reports.

Some stretches of road this morning were completely underwater, while others have large puddles to be mindful of.

Much of Metro Detroit got around 2-3 inches of rain headed into today.

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