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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

1010 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  INGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  MUSKEGON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  KENT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  NEWAYGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  GRATIOT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  MONTCALM COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  MECOSTA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  ISABELLA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAVE PRODUCED ENOUGH RAIN 

OVERNIGHT TO CAUSE FLOODING IN THESE COUNTIES.  COUNTY OFFICIALS 

INDICATED THAT SOME ROADS WERE CLOSED IN 

NEWAYGO...ISABELLA...MUSKEGON...MONTCALM AND INGHAM COUNTIES. 

ADDITIONAL LOW LYING FLOODING REMAINS A PROBLEM ACROSS THE REMAINDER 

OF THE WARNED AREA.  MANY BASEMENTS HAVE BEEN FLOODED.  



THE RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION LATE THIS 

MORNING.  ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS 

AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.  THESE STORMS 

COULD PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IN LOCAL AREAS.



NOTE...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1000 AM OVER 

MASON...OSCEOLA...CLARE...OCEANA AND OTTAWA COUNTIES AS FLOODING HAS 

SUBSIDED OVER THESE COUNTIES.



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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