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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

1145 AM EDT THU APR 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 11 PM EDT



* AT 1140 AM EDT...FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE BALDWIN

  RIVER... SANBORN CREEK... AND THE UPPER REACHES OF THE PERE MARQUETTE

  RIVER. SPECIFICALLY... FLOODING ALONG THE BALDWIN RIVER WAS IMPACTING

  PARTS OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN... WITH 40TH STREET CLOSED JUST NORTHEAST

  OF TOWN.



THIS FLOODING IS THE RESULT OF HEAVY RAIN WHICH OCCURRED AS THUNDERSTORMS

MOVED THROUGH THE AREA LAST NIGHT. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN

1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER MUCH OF LAKE COUNTY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

A SPOTTER IN BITELY REPORTED 2.25 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY... AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH BARRICADES OR ONTO CLOSED ROADS.

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.



TRH/MW

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