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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

152 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  INGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT



* AT 140 AM EDT...STREAMS AND CREEKS OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF 

INGHAM COUNTY WERE NEAR BANKFULL.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAIN WERE TRACKING THROUGH THE REGION AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN BY 300 AM.  THIS IS ENOUGH RAIN TO 

BEGIN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN INGHAM COUNTY.  

ALSO SERIOUS URBAN FLOODING IS EXPECTED.  THE STORM TOTAL RAINFALL 

SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN ON TUESDAY COULD REACH 5 INCHES IN NORTHERN 

PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER 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 RISING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.

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