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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

824 AM EDT WED AUG 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A



* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES  

  KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT



* AT 814 AM EDT...ONE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  MOVED THROUGH VAN BUREN AND KALAMAZOO COUNTIES.  REPORTS INDICATE 

  THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER EASTERN VAN BUREN

  WARNING AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF KALAMAZOO COUNTY.



  ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH THROUGH THESE COUNTIES BY 

  1000 AM EDT.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



  SOME POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM 

  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN THE CITY OF KALAMAZOO.





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.



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