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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

1234 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OSCEOLA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  GRATIOT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  MONTCALM COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  MECOSTA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  ISABELLA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT



* STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THESE COUNTIES WERE AT BANKFULL.  MORE 

  STORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WERE TRACKING THROUGH THE AREA. 

  THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS...WILL PRODUCE

  FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...ALONG WITH SERIOUS

  URBAN FLOODING.



*  AT 1220 AM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED 

   FROM   ALMA...NORTHWESTWARD TO NEAR BIG RAPIDS.  THESE STORMS 

   WERE SHIFTING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.  THESE STORMS PRODUCED AN 

   ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WHEN THEY TRACKED THROUGH 

   CLARE...ISABELLA AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT 

   AREAS FURTHER SOUTH THROUGH 200 AM.  STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS

   SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN ON TUESDAY...COULD REACH 6 INCHES IN A FEW 

   LOCATIONS.





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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