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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1152 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026
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MECOSTA MI-MUSKEGON MI-NEWAYGO MI-OCEANA MI-
1152 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THURSDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN, MECOSTA. IN WEST
CENTRAL MICHIGAN, MUSKEGON, NEWAYGO AND OCEANA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 AM EDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1152 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
- 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE TWO HOURS OVER THE WHITE
RIVER AND WILL FLOW BACK TO WHITEHALL AND MONTAGUE. FREMONT,
HESPERIA AND NEWAYGO HAVE ALL RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF
RAINFALL OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS WHICH WILL CAUSE ANY
ADDITIONAL RAIN TO BE RUNOFF. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MUSKEGON, BIG RAPIDS, NEWAYGO, WHITE CLOUD, MUSKEGON HEIGHTS,
FREMONT, ROOSEVELT PARK, NORTH MUSKEGON, WHITEHALL, MONTAGUE,
LAKEWOOD CLUB, HESPERIA, MORLEY, MECOSTA, CANADIAN LAKES,
NORTON SHORES, DALTON, CROTON, HOLTON AND BRIDGETON.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4381 8509 4361 8509 4347 8550 4347 8556
4345 8556 4319 8631 4337 8643 4354 8650
JC
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