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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

1156 PM EDT WED APR 11 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY UNTIL 1245 AM 

EDT...



AT 1152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUSKEGON COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  

AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 1 

AM.  THIS WOULD BRING ESTIMATE RAINFALL TO AS MUCH AS 3.5 INCHES IN 

SOME LOCALES IN MUSKEGON COUNTY.



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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