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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

301 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES... MUSKEGON...MONTCALM...GRATIOT...KENT...IONIA...CLINTON...

INGHAM...ALLEGAN...EATON...BARRY...JACKSON...KALAMAZOO...CALHOUN...

VAN BUREN AND OTTAWA.  THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE RESULTED IN SOME HEAVY 

RAINFALL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM RECENT 

RAIN.  FORECASTED RAINFALL FROM THE ANTICIPATED STORMS THIS EVENING

...COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS... 

ALONG WITH SERIOUS URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.  



ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON 

AND EARLY TONIGHT...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ONE TO TWO ADDITIONAL 

INCHES OF RAINFALL.



FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES SUGGEST THAT OVER AN INCH OR RAIN IN AN 

HOUR...COULD INITIATE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE

WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR

IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH

FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



WITH LEAVES CLOGGING DRAINS...SERIOUS URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE 

FLOODING COULD RESULT.



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