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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

840 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2001



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

MUSKEGON...CLINTON...MASON...KENT...NEWAYGO...GRATIOT...OTTAWA...

BARRY...MONTCALM...MECOSTA...ISABELLA...CLARE AND EATON

COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM EDT...



COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT SOME ROADS WERE CLOSED IN 

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



RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS AND RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED 5 TO NEARLY 9 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA SINCE MONDAY.  RUNOFF FROM 

THIS EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THE FLOODING IN THE WARNED THROUGH 

1000 AM.



ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS MORNING WILL REMAIN UNDER A HALF INCH.



RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.  

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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