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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

115 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OTTAWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  ALLEGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT



* AT 115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN REPEATING OVER PORTIONS OF      

  OTTAWA AND ALLEGAN COUNTIES.



* DOPPLER RADAR AND WEATHER SPOTTERS INDICATE THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF  

  RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN OTTAWA AND NORTHERN  

  ALLEGAN COUNTIES SINCE 8 AM. SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN 

  REPORTED IN THE HOLLAND AREA.



* ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE   

  EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. 



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY 

ISSUED EARLIER.



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.



BDM/MWH

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