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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

159 PM EDT WED AUG 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS EXTENDED THE



* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN      

  SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 145 PM EDT...WIDESPREAD FLOODING WAS REPORTEDLY STILL OCCURRING 

IN OSHTEMO. CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE AT BANKFULL... SOME UNDERPASSES  

WERE STILL UNDER WATER... AND WATER WAS SURROUNDING SOME HOMES.



* 5 INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OSHTEMO SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN EARLY 

THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON     

WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN THROUGH 5 PM.



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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