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WGUS73 KGRR 200256
FFSGRR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1056 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
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IONIA MI-CLINTON MI-INGHAM MI-
1056 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM EDT FOR
INGHAM...CLINTON AND IONIA COUNTIES...
AT 1055 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER INGHAM COUNTY AND WAS EXPANDING SOUTHWARD
INTO JACKSON COUNTY.
SOUTHERN IONIA AND SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTIES HAD ALREADY SEEN
TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN... BUT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD SHIFTED TO
THE SOUTH AS OF 1055 PM.
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE LANSING AREA SINCE 10 PM
WITH ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT.
THE BACK EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE
MICHIGAN AND RAIN WILL DIMINISH OR END TOWARD 1 AM.
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 4243 8460 4277 8461 4277 8531 4305 8531
4312 8437 4278 8436 4278 8415 4243 8413
MEADE
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