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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

401 PM EST FRI FEB 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS UPGRADED THE

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY TO A FLOOD WARNING



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  INGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  ALLEGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  EATON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 700 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING



* HEAVY RAIN AND SNOWMELT HAS CAUSED SOME STREAMS AND SMALL 

  RIVERS TO FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN THE WARNING AREA.

  SOME ROAD CLOSURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.  ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST

  RAIN WAS OVER...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS

  CAUSING WATER LEVELS TO CONTINUE TO RISE.  CONDITIONS WILL 

  SLOWLY IMPROVE LATER TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL.





DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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