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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...RETRANSMISSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

632 PM EDT FRI AUG 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER JACKSON COUNTY.



RAINFALL IN THE CITY OF JACKSON OF ALMOST TWO INCHES THIS EARLY 

EVENING HAS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD FLOODING. THE RAINFALL SHOULD 

BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BETWEEN 700 PM AND 800 PM...HOWEVER FLOODING WILL 

PERSIST FOR AN HOUR OR SO AFTER THAT.



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 OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.





LAT...LON 4208 8421 4207 8444 4215 8472 4234 8472

          4243 8420



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