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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

440 PM EDT WED AUG 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM ALLEGAN COUNTY WEST   

  ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN TO MILWAUKEE.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING         

  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 



* DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES...AND SPOTTER REPORTS CONFIRM...THAT THREE 

  TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE    

  WARNED AREA SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN   

  A BAND FROM BATTLE CREEK THROUGH KALAMAZOO TO BLOOMINGDALE.        

  ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNED  

  AREA THROUGH 8 PM EDT.



* THIS WARNING REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY    

  ISSUED EARLIER FOR KALAMAZOO COUNTY.



TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED RAPID RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS...WITH MANY OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 

AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION FURTHER.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 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. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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