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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

1139 PM EDT SAT OCT 13 2001



...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST 

AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...



COUNTIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE KENT...OTTAWA...IONIA...ALLEGAN...BARRY

...EATON...INGHAM...VAN BUREN...KALAMAZOO...CALHOUN...AND JACKSON



SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE HOLLAND...GRAND 

RAPIDS...LANSING...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK AND JACKSON.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE VARIED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TODAY WITH HIGHER 

AMOUNTS TO THE WEST AND VERY LITTLE TO THE EAST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

APPEAR TO RANGE FROM APPROXIMATELY AN INCH AND A HALF TOWARD THE 

LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH TOWARD LANSING. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN 

INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE...THEREFORE THE FLOOD WATCH WILL

REMAIN IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO BE A 

POSSIBILITY OVERNIGHT. FALLEN LEAVES WILL ADD TO THE POTENTIAL 

FLOODING THREAT AS THEY WILL LIKELY CLOG SOME DRAINS. 



REMEMBER... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLOODING EXISTS WITHIN 

THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER 

CONDITIONS CLOSELY...AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER  RADIO OR LOCAL 

MEDIA FOR UPDATED INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE READY TO 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS 

ISSUED. 



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