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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

713 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KENT COUNTY IN MICHIGAN

  ALLEGAN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN

  OTTAWA COUNTY IN MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 700 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE COMING TO AN END ACROSS THE 

WARNED COUNTIES.  RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS AND STORMS EARLIER IN 

THE DAY...HAVE CAUSED FLOODING OF SOME SMALL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IN 

THESE COUNTIES.



SPECIFICALLY FOR OTTAWA COUNTY...THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN SOUTHWEST 

SECTIONS...NEAR HOLLAND.  HIGHWAY 31 WAS REPORTEDLY CLOSED AND SOME 

WASHOUTS OCCURRED IN THIS AREA.



IN ALLEGAN COUNTY...WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING WAS 

ONGOING...ESPECIALLY IN WAYLAND.  RUNOFF CONTINUE INTO THE SMALL 

STREAMS...WHICH WERE AT HIGH LEVELS.  



IN KENT COUNTY...THE SOUTHERN END OF THE COUNTY SAW THE MOST RAIN.  

PORTIONS OF BUCK CREEK HAD SOME FLOODING.  PLASTER CREEK WAS HIGH 

WITH SOME MINOR OVERFLOW.  ADDITIONAL RAIN HAS FALLEN AND FLOODING 

WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1000 PM.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS UNLIKELY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.



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.



MJS

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