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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

934 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A



* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES  

  NORTHERN KENT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  SOUTHERN NEWAYGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 130 PM EDT



* AT 932 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN KENT COUNTY 

  AND SOUTHERN NEWAYGO COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 5 TO  

  6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH THE        

  HEAVIEST RAIN OVER SOLON TOWNSHIP IN FAR NORTHERN KENT COUNTY.



* MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO ROTATE FROM EAST 

  TO WEST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS OVER THE ADVISORY AREA...SO   

  SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL REMAIN HIGH.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A

SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



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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