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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

852 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT



* AT 845 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO CLARE 

  COUNTY.  A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS ALREADY BROUGHT 

  HEAVY RAIN TO CLARE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.  

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

  PORTIONS OF WESTERN CLARE COUNTY BETWEEN 3 PM AND 7 PM. THIS 

  ADDITIONAL AREA OF STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL 

  RATES OF AN INCH AN HOUR.  



  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND WILL

  CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT FOR CLARE COUNTY THIS EVENING.  

  COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A ROAD WASHED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST 

  PORTION OF THE COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING. 



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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