City of Novi issued the following announcement on July 29.
Make it stop! Another storm system capable of producing damaging winds and rain is expected to hit southeast Michigan mainly between 3am-6am Thursday morning.
Please try to make sure the catch basins near your home are clear and you are prepared in case you lose power.
We are going to do our best to try to shoo this storm away from Novi.
Original source can be found here.
Source: City of Novi