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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

314 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR OCEANA...INGHAM...OSCEOLA...

MUSKEGON...CLINTON...MASON...NEWAYGO...GRATIOT...BARRY...MONTCALM...

MECOSTA...ISABELLA AND CLARE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM EDT...



RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT ENOUGH RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVERNIGHT TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THESE 

COUNTIES.  COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT SOME ROADS WERE CLOSED IN 

BARRY...CLINTON...ISABELLA AND INGHAM COUNTIES DUE TO FLOODING.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH 500 AM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN UNDER AN 

INCH...AS THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING.  RADAR DID SHOW 

MORE THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN WISCONSIN...MOVING EAST.  THESE STORMS 

COULD MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AFTER 500 AM...POSSIBLY 

RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF 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.  





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