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FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR ZONE NUMBERS...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

400 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



... A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM FOR THE  

    FOLLOWING COUNTIES:



  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

  ISABELLA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN 



COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT SOME ROADS WERE STILL CLOSED IN

ALL OF THE ABOVE COUNTIES.  MANY BASEMENTS HAVE BEEN FLOODED 

ACROSS THE REGION. WHILE IT IS TRUE THAT THE WATER LEVELS CONTINUED 

TO SUBSIDE... SOME LOCATIONS CONTINUE TO REPORT 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 TODAY.



SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP AFTER 300 PM THIS THURSDAY 

AFTERNOON.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SHOULD REMAIN UNDER ONE HALF 

INCH...LIKELY UNDER ONE QUARTER INCH AND LIKELY WOULD HAVE LITTLE 

FARTHER EFFECT ON THE CURRENT FLOODING.   



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADWAYS THAT HAVE BEEN 

BARRICADE.  IF 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.



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