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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

735 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KENT AND OTTAWA COUNTIES UNTIL 1000

AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING...



AT 713 PM EDT...IN KENT COUNTY...SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED THAT 

MILL AND PLASTER CREEKS WERE STILL OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND 

STILL RISING.  BUCK CREEK HAS CRESTED AND IS STARTING TO FALL.  IN 

THE WEDGEWOOD PARK AREA OVER TWO DOZEN HOMES WERE SURROUNDED BY 

WATER AND PORTIONS OF WILSON AVE...JUST SOUTH OF PRAIRIE AVENUE WERE 

UNDER WATER...DUE TO OVERFLOW FROM BUCK CREEK.



IN OTTAWA COUNTY...SAND CREEK IS STILL OUT OF ITS BANKS AND SEVERAL 

ROADS ARE STILL UNDER WATER IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY.



ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT.  

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST INTO WISCONSIN TONIGHT AS AN 

UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS.  THIS 

WILL SET OFF ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL 

MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATER TONIGHT.  THESE 

STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL.  ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY PRECIPITATION OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL 

LAST NIGHT WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES ON SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS 

ACROSS THE AREA.



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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