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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

923 PM EST FRI FEB 9 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 

OCEANA...INGHAM...OSCEOLA...MUSKEGON...CLINTON...MASON...JACKSON

...KALAMAZOO...NEWAYGO...VAN BUREN...LAKE...BARRY...CALHOUN...ALLEGAN 

AND EATON COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM EST SATURDAY...



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

IONIA...KENT...GRATIOT...OTTAWA...MONTCALM...MECOSTA AND ISABELLA 

COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM EST SATURDAY...



WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT IN SOUTHWEST LOWER 

MICHIGAN HAS CAUSE MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT 

RISES.  IN THE WARNING AREA...MOST COUNTIES HAS SOME ROADS WASHED 

OUT.  PARTICULARLY HARD HIT WERE NEWAYGO...BARRY...INGHAM AND EATON 

COUNTIES.  IN EACH OF THOSE COUNTIES...AT LEAST 10 ROADS WERE CLOSED 

OR DAMAGED.



IN THE ADVISORY AREA...WATER LEVELS WERE HIGH...CAUSING MINOR URBAN AND 

SMALL STREAM FLOODING PROBLEMS.  



URBAN FLOODING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH SNOW BLOCKING DRAINS.



ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION TONIGHT WILL BE MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW.

AS IS TYPICAL OF STREAMS AND SMALL RIVERS IN THIS REGION...WATER 

LEVELS TYPICALLY RECEDE VERY SLOWLY.  THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE THE 

CASE OVERNIGHT.  WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES MOVING INTO THE 

AREA...RUNOFF SHOULD DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.  STILL...CURRENT WATER 

LEVELS ARE HIGH ENOUGH TO CONTINUE THE WARNING.



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.  DO NOT 

DRIVE CARS THROUGH ROADS COVERED WITH WATER.

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