Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Issued

Sep 11, 1986, 5:05 AM EDT (09:05 UTC)

Expired

Sep 11, 1986, 9:00 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Area

Whole counties

Counties Kent County, MI, Montcalm County, MI

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
505 AM EDT THU SEP 11 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...KENT AND MONTCALM

AT 455 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MICHIGAN..CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN
EXTENDING WEST THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THE AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE CONTINUING PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING..FALLING ON TOP OF THE
HEAVY AMOUNTS RECORDED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS..WILL ADD TO THE
FLOODING PROBLEMS ALREADY OCCURRING IN BOTH KENT AND MONTCALM
COUNTIES. REPORTS OF SIX TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED
IN THESE COUNTIES SINCE IT BEGAN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED. TAKE ACTION TO SAFEGUARD LIFE AND PROPERTY.

 OPTIONAL FREE FORMAT ACTION STATEMENT
 MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT
  TO CROSS BRIDGES, DIPS, OR +LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT.

KERSEY

In the hours before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI
12430 AM EDT THU SEP 11 1986

CENTRAL DISPATCH REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN THE WHITEHALL
AREA...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF MUSKEGON.  SANDBAGGING WAS DONE AT
WHITEHALL MANOR..A NURSING HOME..WITH POSSIBLE EVACUATION CONSIDERED.
WHITEHALL POLICE ESTIMATED UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN DURING THE
STORMS TONIGHT..NOT COUNTING THE APPROXIMATE 4 INCHES THAT HAD FALLEN
EARLIER.

CENTRAL DISPATCH ALSO REPORTED LARGE TREES DOWN AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS
ON THE WEST SIDE OF MUSKEGON COUNTY.

MAPLE ISLAND ROAD HAS BEEN WASHED OUT BETWEEN RYERSON ROAD AND
MICHILINDA ROAD IN MUSKEGON COUNTY.

REPORTS OF WATER 7 INCHES DEEP ACROSS ROADS WAS ALSO REPORTED IN SOME
NORTH SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
OCEANA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS WASHED OUT IN THE SOUTH
PART OF THE COUNTY.

DAMAGE REPORTS ARE SPOTTY..APPARENTLY DUE TO LINE DAMAGE AND THE FACT
THAT MOST POLICE AGENCIES ARE TOO BUSY` TO TALK.

ADDITIONAL STORM REPORTS WILL BE SENT AS SOON AS WE CAN GET FURTHER
RELIABLE DATA.

GALLOWAY

Flash Flood Warnings in Michigan, 1986Every flash flood warning in 1986

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.