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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

119 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2001



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

1000 AM EDT...



HEAVY RAIN FROM TUESDAY...RESULTED IN FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS IN KENT AN OTTAWA COUNTIES.  PLASTER CREEK WAS STILL OUT OF 

ITS BANKS CLOSING SOME ROADS.  ALONG BUCK CREEK...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.



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.



MORE HEAVY RAIN IS ON THE WAY.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL DROP SOUTHWARD 

THROUGH THE AREA THROUGH 300 AM...RESULTING IN 1 TO LOCALLY 2 

ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN.  THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...WILL SEND 

STREAM AND CREEK LEVELS HIGHER.  ALSO...URBAN FLOODING WILL LIKELY 

REDEVELOP IN LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



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.



MJS/JL



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