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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

154 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KENT COUNTY IN MICHIGAN

  ALLEGAN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN

  OTTAWA COUNTY IN MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT



* AT 145 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  STRETCHED FROM GRAND RAPIDS...SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR SAUGATUCK.

  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  THESE STORMS

  WERE PRODUCING 1 TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR.

  THIS IS ENOUGH RAINFALL TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS

  AND CREEKS.  ALSO MAJOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND

  UNDERPASSES IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



  BY 300 PM...THESE STORMS SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA.  ADDITIONAL

  STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING.



  THIS REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS

  ISSUED EARLIER.



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.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.





MJS

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