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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

727 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

  MONTCALM COUNTY IN MICHIGAN

  GRATIOT COUNTY IN MICHIGAN

  IONIA COUNTY IN MICHIGAN

  CLINTON COUNTY IN MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 718 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THESE COUNTIES 

  CONTAINED HEAVY RAINFALL.  THE GROUND IS SATURATED....AND RUNOFF 

  FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR OVERFLOW ON SMALL 

  STREAMS...ALONG WITH URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.



  BY 900 PM...THESE STORMS WILL BE OUT OF THE ADVISORY AREA.  STILL

  ...PERSISTANT RUNOFF WILL RESULT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING...AS WELL 

  AS SIGNIFICANT RISES ON STREAMS LEADING TO MINOR OVERFLOW INTO 

  NEARBY FIELDS.



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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