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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

1100 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT



* AT 1050 PM EDT...STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

REMAIN OVER CLARE COUNTY.  IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MUCH OF THE WESTERN 

PORTION OF THE COUNTY RECEIVED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH SOME 

AREAS SEEING OVER 2 INCHES BETWEEN 900 AND 1000 PM.  THIS IS A 

SERIOUS SITUATION WITH SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE.



THESE STORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MIDNIGHT...DROPPING VERY HEAVY 

RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.  STORM TOTAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD TOP 6 INCHES IN A FEW LOCATIONS.



GREEN CREEK AND ALSO DOC AND TOM CREEK ARE IN THE AREA THAT HAS SEEN 

THE MOST RAIN.  THE UPPER REACHES OF THE MUSKEGON RIVER WILL SEE 

SIGNIFICANT RISES AS WELL.



ANYONE LIVING NEAR AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO 

PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.  NEVER DRIVE THROUGH ROADS THAT ARE 

FLOODED.  BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT...AS IT IS LIKELY THAT 

MANY STREAMS ARE FLOODING ROADS.

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