Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Issued

May 9, 1996, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)

Expired

May 9, 1996, 9:00 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Area

Whole counties

County Berrien County, MI

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TTAA00 KGRR 092032 RRA
FFWGRR
MIC021-100230-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
432 PM EDT THU MAY 9 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
 
   ...SOUTHERN BERRIEN COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF BERRIEN COUNTY SINCE
330 PM.  FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS HAS BEEN REPORTED AROUNTHE COMMUNITIES OF NILES...THREE OAKS...AND SAWYER.  A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN BACK INTO NORTHERN
ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS BERRIEN COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM...
WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN 500 AND 700 PM.  THIS WILL CONTINUE
TO RESULT IN FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS BERRIEN COUNTY INTO THIS EVENING.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY...AND
YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
BORIS

NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 8, 9:24 PM EDT, 19 hours 8 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
925 PM EDT WED MAY 8 1996

NTRANS VIS LOOP SHOWS A BREAK IN THE OVC OVR SW LWR ATTM MOVG EAST.
BEH HAS ALREADY SCTD AND HAVE INTRODUCED A BREAK IN THE AZO FT.  THE
BREAK APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE EARLIER MCS. IT
LOOKS LIKE THE BREAK WILL LAST A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE FILLING BACK
IN. SFC ANAL SHOWS THE WARM FRONT ALONG THE IN/MI BORDER. DWPTS SOUTH
OF IT ARE IN THE LOW 60S AND NORTH OF IT IN THE LOW 50S. IFR CONDS
STILL EXIST IN WI AND VFR CONDS IN IL/IN WILL BECOME IFR BY 04Z OR SO.
NEXT BATCH OF TRW IS FIRING OVR THE PLAINS AGAIN IN VCNTY OF WARM FRONT
AND AIDED BY LLJ AND GOOD MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. I EXPECT TONIGHTS MCS
TO FINALLY AFFECT THE FA LATE MORNING THU. THE FOCUS IS FARTHER NORTH
SINCE THE FRONT IS FARTHER NORTH AND THE DIFFLUENT THICKNESS PATTERN
IS ALSO FARTHER NORTH COMPARED WITH THE PAST SEVERAL NIGHTS. I AM
KEEPING IFR CONDS IN THE FTS THRU THU AS THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
MOISTURE IN THE AIR AND SCT TRW NOT TO MENTION GOOD INFLOW FROM THE
SOUTH. ETA BUFKIT SOUNDING FOR THU AFTNOON IN GRR YIELDS LI`S OF -4.
FWC TEMPS A BIT HIGH GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER. GOING FCST
LOOKS GOOD.

WF

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