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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

1040 AM EST FRI FEB 9 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR INGHAM...

CLINTON...JACKSON...IONIA...KALAMAZOO...KENT...VAN BUREN...GRATIOT...

OTTAWA...BARRY...CALHOUN...MONTCALM...ALLEGAN...MECOSTA...ISABELLA...

CLARE AND EATON COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EST...



AT 1030 AM EST...ONE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS PUSHING EAST OF THE 

LANSING TO JACKSON REGION.  SO FAR OVER THE ADVISORY AREA...MANY 

COUNTIES REPORTED THAT CREEKS AND SMALL RIVERS WERE NEAR BANKFULL.  

IN ADDITION...POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON HIGHWAYS AND IN 

URBAN AREAS.



MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY FOR THIS AFTERNOON...AND IT MAY BE MODERATE 

TO HEAVY AT TIMES.  ALSO...SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT WILL CONTINUE TO ADD 

TO THE RUNOFF.  THE COMBINATION OF METLTING SNOW AND  ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE STREAMS AND SMALL RIVERS TO CONTINUE TO 

RISE.  AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE WEST...THE PRECIPITATION IS 

EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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