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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

1041 PM EDT THU APR 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FRIDAY



* AT 1030 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT SOME 

  STREAMS AND  SMALL RIVERS IN LAKE COUNTY CONTINUE FLOOD.  IN 

  PARTICULAR THE BALDWIN RIVER WAS OUT IT BANKS...FLOODING SOME 

  HOMES AND CAUSING ROAD CLOSURES THAT WILL LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT.  

  THE UPPER REACHES OF THE BALDWIN RIVER WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. 



  THE FLOODING DEVELOP WHEN THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN PRODUCED

  AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND EARLY THURSDAY 

  MORNING.  THE RAINFALL FORECAST CALLS FOR A FEW SPRINKLES TONIGHT

  ...OTHERWISE DRY WEATHER THROUGH FRIDAY. 



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.

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