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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
953 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2009
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...
KALAMAZOO RIVER NEAR NEW RICHMOND AFFECTING ALLEGAN COUNTY
.HEAVY RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT
RISES ON AREA RIVERS. THE FOLLOWING FORECAST IS BASED ON OBSERVED AND
FORECAST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...EVEN 6 INCHES OF FAST-MOVING FLOOD WATER CAN KNOCK
YOU OFF YOUR FEET... AND A DEPTH OF 2 FEET WILL FLOAT YOUR CAR.
NEVER TRY TO WALK... SWIM... OR DRIVE THROUGH SUCH SWIFT WATER. IF
YOU COME UPON FLOOD WATERS... STOP... TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY.
THIS WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE RIVER FALLS BELOW ITS FLOOD
STAGE.
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL
RADIO... TELEVISION... OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND RIVER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR HOMEPAGE
AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRR.
MIC005-230353-
/O.NEW.KGRR.FL.W.0052.090622T0153Z-090623T0600Z/
/RCMM4.1.ER.090621T2355Z.090622T0600Z.090622T1800Z.UU/
953 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE KALAMAZOO RIVER NEAR NEW RICHMOND.
* FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* AT 8 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 11.1 FEET
TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...EXPECT MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
AND FARMLAND ALONG THE RIVER
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