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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

132 PM EDT FRI SEP 21 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



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT



* AT 114 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHERN 

  KALAMAZOO COUNTY.  THIS LINE WAS TRACKING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY.



  ANOTHER STORM WITH HEAVY RAIN IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH 

  SOUTHEAST  ALLEGAN COUNTY AND WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN KALAMAZOO 

  COUNTY BY 300 PM.  THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ANOTHER 

  INCH OF RAIN IN NORTHERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY.



  STREAMS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE SPRING BROOK NEAR 

  RICHLAND ALONG WITH SAND CREEK NEAR ALAMO.  PEOPLE LIVING ALONG 

  THESE STREAMS SHOULD KEEP A ALERT FOR RAPID RISES.   

  



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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