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WGUS73 KGRR 200240
FFSGRR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1040 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
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KENT MI-ALLEGAN MI-EATON MI-BARRY MI-JACKSON MI-KALAMAZOO MI-
CALHOUN MI-VAN BUREN MI-OTTAWA MI-
1040 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN OTTAWA...VAN BUREN...CALHOUN...KALAMAZOO...JACKSON...
BARRY...EATON...ALLEGAN AND SOUTHERN KENT COUNTIES...
AT 1040 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER BARRY AND EATON COUNTIES AS WELL AS
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF CALHOUN COUNTY.
THE BACK EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE
MICHIGAN AND RAIN WILL DIMINISH OR END TOWARD MIDNIGHT.
FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHERN OTTAWA... SOUTHERN
KENT... AND ALLEGAN COUNTIES. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF OVER FIVE
INCHES OF RAIN IN THE HOLLAND AREA WHICH WAS HARDEST HIT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 4207 8623 4224 8623 4226 8637 4245 8627
4262 8623 4299 8623 4299 8531 4277 8531
4276 8461 4243 8460 4243 8413 4208 8413
MEADE
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