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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

422 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KENT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  OTTAWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING



* THE STORM SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES LAST NIGHT 

  RESULTED IN A NARROW BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHWEST 

  LOWER MICHIGAN. SPOTTER REPORTS AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

  INDICATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF KENT 

  AND OTTAWA COUNTIES. THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN FLOODING 

  OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THESE COUNTIES.



IN KENT COUNTY...SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE GRAND RAPIDS 

METROPOLITAN AREA...SUCH AS PLASTER CREEK...BUCK CREEK...AND MILL 

CREEK WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND STILL RISING.  IN OTTAWA 

COUNTY...SAND CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND SEVERAL ROADS ARE STILL 

UNDER WATER.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER 

TONIGHT.  THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL.  

ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL EXACERBATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.



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.



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