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MIZ040-045-046-051-052-056>059-101200-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

433 PM EST FRI FEB 9 2001



...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED 

THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES 

CLINTON...IONIA...KENT...GRATIOT...OTTAWA...MONTCALM...MECOSTA

...ISABELLA AND CLARE.



AT 425 PM EST...RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS WERE AT HIGH LEVELS 

THROUGHOUT THE ADVISORY AREA.  IN SOME CASES LEVELS WERE RISING.  

COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT ONLY MINOR FLOODING...MAINLY IN POOR 

DRAINAGE AREAS.  NOT MUCH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OR SNOWMELT IS 

EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING...AS THE STORM SYSTEM IS NOW PULLING 

AWAY FROM THE AREA.  HOWEVER...CONSIDERING THE CURRENT HIGH LEVELS 

AND SOME ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THE LIGHT RAIN AND SNOWMELT...THE 

ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT 

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT 

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS TO RISE.

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