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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

945 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A



* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES   

  OCEANA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  INGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  MUSKEGON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH 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

  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

  EATON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 730 AM EST



* AT 925 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF 

MINOR STREET FLOODING IN MUSKEGON AND ALLEGAN.  RAINFALL REPORTS 

ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR SHOW AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN 

INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THERE SINCE 700 AM SATURDAY MORNING. SEVERAL 

CREEKS HAVE BEGUN TO RISE SHARPLY.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR SHOWS SEVERAL LINES OF THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN 

LOWER MICHIGAN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... RESULTING IN LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAINFALL. AS A RESULT... THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN... 

MELTING OF THE SNOW THAT IS STILL AROUND PLUS THE FROZEN GROUND... 

IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 

OVERNIGHT INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. 



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.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A

SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



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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