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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

846 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR INGHAM...OSCEOLA...CLINTON...

GRATIOT...MONTCALM...MECOSTA AND ISABELLA COUNTIES IS BEING ALLOWED

TO EXPIRE...



AT 840 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT BROUGHT VERY HEAVY 

RAIN FROM EASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY SOUTH INTO INGHAM COUNTY HAD 

WEAKENED SUBSTANTIALLY.  HOWEVER...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING ALTHOUGH 

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED.  



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BENEATH 

THE BAND FROM EASTERN OSCEOLA TO PORTIONS OF INGHAM COUNTY. RAPID 

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS BROUGHT SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS.  AS THE HEAVY RAIN HAS DISSIPATED THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER...STREAMS AND CREEKS 

WILL STILL RUN HIGH THROUGH THE NIGHT.



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