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WGUS73 KGRR 242111

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MIZ056-057-064-252315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

509 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KENT...ALLEGAN AND OTTAWA

COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...



SOME SMALL STREAM FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.  

REPORTS FROM AROUND BUCK CREEK INDICATED THAT IT WAS OUT OF ITS BANK 

IN SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF KENT COUNTY. WIDESPREAD POOR DRAINAGE 

FLOODING WAS ONGOING AS RUNOFF CONTINUES FROM THE EARLIER RAINFALL.



ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS THESE COUNTIES 

THROUGH 700 PM...POSSIBLY LEADING TO ANOTHER HALF TO LOCALLY AN INCH 

OF RAIN.  THIS EXTRA RAINFALL WILL EITHER PROLONG THE ONGOING 

FLOODING OR MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE EAST 

OF THESE COUNTIES BY 700 PM EDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND 

UNDERPASSES.  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 

FLASH FLOODING.  





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