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MIZ056-057-064-065-221800-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

927 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  

  KENT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  OTTAWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  ALLEGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT



* AT 925 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING THROUGH 

  THE ADVISORY AREA.  RADAR IS ESTIMATING THAT 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES

  OF RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.



  BY 1100 AM EDT...THESE STORMS WILL BE EAST OF KENT AND BARRY

  COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE STILL EXPECTED BEYOND

  1100 AM EDT...HOWEVER RAINFALL INTENSITIES ARE NOT FORECASTED TO

  BE AS HEAVY.



  REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN HUDSONVILLE HAVE BEEN 

  RECEIVED.



  THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES 

  AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE ADVISED AREA.





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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