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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

1248 AM EDT THU APR 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MUSKEGON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 445 AM EDT



* AT 1245 AM EDT...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF MUSKEGON.  

THE RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA BUT FLOODING CONTINUES. RADAR 

ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN PORTIONS 

OF MUSKEGON COUNTY.



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.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER 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 RISING.



JK/MW

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