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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

1019 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR INGHAM...MUSKEGON...CLINTON...KENT...

NEWAYGO...GRATIOT...BARRY...MONTCALM AND ISABELLA COUNTIES IS BEING

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



CALLS TO COUNTY OFFICIALS THIS MORNING INDICATE THAT FLOODING HAS 

SUBSIDED CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA... ALTHOUGH SOME 

SECONDARY ROADS ARE STILL CLOSED IN LOW LYING SPOTS. 



SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP AFTER 300 PM THIS 

AFTERNOON... BUT ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SHOULD REMAIN UNDER ONE 

HALF INCH.

 

SINCE NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AND THE FLOOD THREAT HAS 

DIMINISHED... THE FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



HOWEVER...SEVERAL AREA RIVERS ARE FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR OR ABOVE 

FLOOD STAGE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. PLEASE REFER TO RIVER FLOOD 

WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON 

INDIVIDUAL FORECAST POINTS ALONG THE RIVERS. 



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