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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

500 AM EST FRI FEB 9 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 

ALL OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN THROUGH 500 PM TODAY...



* THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...

  OCEANA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  INGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  OSCEOLA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  MUSKEGON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  MASON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  IONIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  KENT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  NEWAYGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  GRATIOT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  OTTAWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  LAKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  MONTCALM COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  ALLEGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  MECOSTA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  ISABELLA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  CLARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  EATON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 500 PM EST TODAY



* AT 500 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS 

MOST OF WISCONSIN...ILLINOIS...AND LAKE MICHIGAN. THERE WERE 

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER INDIANA TOO. THIS LARGE 

AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 

50 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN THROUGH THE MORNING INTO EARLY THIS 

AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE AND 

ONE HALF INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN THOUGH LATE 

AFTERNOON.  SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 

50 DEGREES WILL COMBINE WITH THE OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THE MELTING OF THE SNOWPACK OVER 

SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN.  SOME SMALL STREAMS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS TODAY AND LOW LYING AREAS OR AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE 

WILL ALSO SEE SOME MINOR FLOODING.  AS A RESULT THE URBAN AND SMALL 

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR 

ALL OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN.



* SMALLER TRIBUTARIES ARE ALREADY SHOWING NOTICABLE RISES. A COUPLE 

INDICATING RISES WERE THE RABBIT RIVER AT HOPKINS AND THE MACATAWA 

RIVER AT ZEELAND AND PORTAGE CREEK NEAR KALAMAZOO.



BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER SOME PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. 

IN ADDITION...SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 

PERSONS LIVING ALONG SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY WANT TO PAY 

SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE RISING WATERS.



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