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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

600 AM EDT WED OCT 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A



* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES   

  IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN

 

  MONTCALM COUNTY 

  GRATIOT COUNTY 

  KENT COUNTY 

  IONIA COUNTY 

  ALLEGAN COUNTY 

  BARRY COUNTY 

  VAN BUREN COUNTY 

  OTTAWA COUNTY 



* UNTIL NOON EDT



* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL

  OVERNIGHT IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.     

  DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN ONE    

  HALF AND ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES FELL BETWEEN 1 AM AND 6 AM IN THE 

  ABOVE COUNTIES. THESE SAME AREAS RECEIVED SIMILAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

  ON MONDAY NIGHT. 



* ALTHOUGH THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO END BY 8 AM... RUNOFF FROM THE    

  STORMS ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF URBAN   

  FLOODING THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BE EXACERBATED BY LEAVES PLUGGING 

  STORM DRAINS AND MINOR STREET FLOODING WILL LIKELY BE A PROBLEM.   

  SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  



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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