Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
900 PM EDT SAT JUN 8 1996

KGRR-88D SHOWS HEAVY RW IN NW IN JUST SOUTH OF THE ST JOE RIVER.
88D SHOWS 2.8 IN STP AND GROUND TRUTH CONFIRMS THIS. TRAIN ECHO
IS SETTING UP FROM FWA-SBN. HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH NCRFC AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. MOST OF THE
RW/TRW ACTIVITY IS SOUTH OF JXN-AZO LINE AND THAT TREND SHOULD
CONTINUE AS THE PCPN MOVES NW IN RESPONSE TO THE UPR LOW SPINNING
IN WRN KY. FOG HAS ALREADY MOVED BACK IN ALONG WITH THE LOW CIGS
AND I WOULD EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. DRY SLOT IS
KICKING OFF THE TRW BUT AT THIS TIME I DO NOT THINK THAT ENOUGH
DRY AIR WILL MAKE IT NORTH OF I-96 TO GET RID OF THE FOG AND LOW
CIGS. LOTS OF LLVL MOISTURE WILL ENSURE THIS. NOT A LOT OF CHANGE
ANTICIPATED FOR THE NEXT 24 HRS AS UPR LOW CONTINUES ITS SLOW NWD
TREK. FCST SOUNDINGS FROM ETA BUFKIT GIVE LIS OF -2 TO -4 ON MONDAY
SO THE THREAT OF TRW WILL CONTINUE.

WF

MIZ077-078-100500-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1100 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 1996

...HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING THRU PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 1055 PM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH BERRIEN AND CASS COUNTIES. THE BAND OF
HEAVIEST RAIN WAS 15 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF CHICAGO
TO BENTON HARBOR TO 10 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO
TRAVEL OVER BERRIEN AND CASS COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 AM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
PASS THROUGH.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WATER PONDING ON THE
ROADWAYS...ESPECALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS... TONIGHT. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

WF