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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
242 PM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026
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ALLEGAN-BARRY-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KALAMAZOO, SOUTH HAVEN, HASTINGS, HOLLAND,
AND BATTLE CREEK
242 PM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN, CALHOUN. IN
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN, ALLEGAN, BARRY, KALAMAZOO AND VAN BUREN.
* WHEN...FROM 2 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED FROM EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUR DIRECTION
FROM THE PLAINS WHICH WILL BRING HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT AIR INTO
SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH DAYBREAK ON SUNDAY MORNING WHICH
MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS URBAN AREAS.
- SAUGATUCK...ALLEGAN...PLAINWELL...SOUTH HAVEN...PAW PAW...
KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...MARSHALL...HASTINGS ARE SOME OF THE
AREAS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
DUKE
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