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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

116 PM 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

  KENT...ALLEGAN...AND OTTAWA 



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT



* AT 114 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  STRETCHED FROM NEAR SAUGATUCK... TO GRAND RAPIDS.  THESE STORMS

  ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...AND WILL PRODUCE AROUND AN INCH

  OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.  THIS IS ENOUGH RAINFALL TO CAUSE

  URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.



  BY 300 PM...THESE STORMS ARE FORECAST TO BE EAST OF THE COUNTIES

  COVERED BY THE FLASH FLOOD ADVISORY.  ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE 

  POSSIBLE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.



  STREAMS WILL ALSO RESPOND TO THIS RAINFALL AND WILL RISE RAPIDLY.

  IF MORE RAIN THAN AN INCH FALLS...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE 

  REQUIRED.





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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