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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

856 PM EDT WED APR 11 2001



AT 851 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF MUSKEGON 

AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.  THE RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED...BUT 

FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING.



AT 851 PM EDT MUSKEGON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED MANY LOW LYING AREAS 

HAD UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER COVERING THEM.  SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODED 

BASEMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN LESS THAN A 

TWO HOUR PERIOD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH 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 FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH 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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JK

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

856 PM EDT WED APR 11 2001



...A FLASH FLOODING WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN OCEANA 

COUNTY...MUSKEGON COUNTY AND NEWAYGO COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM EDT...



AT 851 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF MUSKEGON 

AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.  THE RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED...BUT 

FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING.



AT 851 PM EDT MUSKEGON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED MANY LOW LYING AREAS 

HAD UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER COVERING THEM.  SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODED 

BASEMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN LESS THAN 

A 

TWO HOUR PERIOD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH 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 FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH 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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JK

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