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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

438 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A



* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES  

  SOUTHEAST OCEANA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN

  NORTHERN MUSKEGON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBY.

  THIS STORM WAS STATIONARY.  AS OF 400 PM...RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 

  THAT CLOSE TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER A SMALL SECTION OF 

  SOUTHEAST OCEANA...AND NORTHEAST MUSKEGON COUNTIES FROM THIS 

  PERSISTENT STORM.  THIS RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SKEEL AND CUSHMAN 

  CREEKS...WHICH DRAIN INTO THE UPPER REACHES OF THE WHITE RIVER. 



  PEOPLE LIVING IN...OR TRAVELING THROUGH SOUTHEAST OCEANA AND 

  NORTHERN MUSKEGON COUNTIES SHOULD BE AWARE THAT LOCALIZED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN.  SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY RISE 

  VERY RAPIDLY.  KEEP IN MIND THAT IT IS STILL RAINING.  STAY TUNED 

  FOR LATER DEVELOPMENTS.   



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.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...

OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD

AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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