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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

1032 AM EDT SAT JUL 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A



* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR KENT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST 

MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT



* AT 1030 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER KENT COUNTY WHERE SPOTTER REPORTS  

  HAVE CONFIRMED ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO AS MUCH AS 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN  

  HAS FALLEN. THE REPORT OF 2.5 INCHES CAME FROM THE PEACH RIDGE     

  AREA NORTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS.



* AT 1030 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS FLOODING  

  AT SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS IN AND AROUND THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA.



* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE     

  LATE MORNING AND TAPER OFF TOWARD MIDDAY AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. 



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.



LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMS INCLUDING BUCK CREEK AND PLASTER CREEK WILL 

RISE QUICKLY TODAY...SO USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND SMALL STREAMS AS 

THEY WILL BRIEFLY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



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