Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Issued

Jun 18, 1996, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 1996, 6:00 AM EDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Area

Whole counties

County Ottawa County, MI

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KGRR 182151
FFWGRR
MIC139-190945-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
550 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
 
   ...SOUTHERN OTTAWA COUNTY
 
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER TODAY FOR ALL OF
OTTAWA COUNTY.
 
REPORTS FROM OTTAWA COUNTY INDICATE CONTINUED FLOODING IN SOUTHWEST
OTTAWA COUNTY... ESPECIALLY NEAR AND AROUND HOLLAND. PINE CREEK IN
HOLLAND CONTINUES TO RISE THIS EVENING... FLOODING HOMES ALONG ITS PATH.
NUMEROUS UNDERPASSES ALONG US-31 ARE STILL UNDERWATER. THE HOLLAND WATER
TREATMENT PLANT HAS RECEIVED 7.87 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT
MONDAY MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY... AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL
MAKE MATTERS WORSE.
 
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.
MJK
 
 
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NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 18, 2:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
212 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996

FLOODING CONTINUES. KGRR 88D SHOWS AN E-W BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS
MOVG N THRU THE MIDDLE OF THE FA. FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR OTTAWA
COUNTY AND MANY POINTS ALONG THE MKG, SAGINAW, WHITE, ST JOE, ETC
RVR BASINS. 17Z MAP DATA AND SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS THE WARM FRONT ALONG
I-94 BETWEEN AZO AND GRR. STREAMLINE ANAL SHOWS SFC LOW IN NRN IL
MOVG EXTREMELY SLOW. NSAT SHOWED SOME CLRG OCCURRING OVR SW LWR WHICH
WILL FURTHER HELP TO DESTABILIZE THE ATM. HOWEVER, MAIN MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE IS OCCURRING IN NW OH. I DO NOT THINK WE WILL SEE A REPEAT
OF LAST NIGHT BUT SCATTERED TRW IS A GOOD BET. THEREFORE WE SHOULD
KEEP THE FLOOD WATCHES UP. I THINK THE MAIN THREAT IS URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING FROM THE TRW.  I DON`T THINK WE WILL SEE FLASH FLOODING.
WE SHOULD CHANGE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO A FLOOD WATCH AND KEEP IT
UP OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. EVEN THOUGH GRIDDED DATA INDICATES THE
LOW SHOULD SLIDE BY OVERNIGHT, THE RESPONSE FROM THE BASINS DICTATE
THAT FLOOD WATCHES BE KEPT UP THRU WEDNESDAY.  NEPH ANAL SHOWS IFR
CIGS BEHIND THE LOW SO WEDNESDAY LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY.
THE EXCEPTION MAY BE IN THE SRN FA WHERE SKIES MAY GO BKN FOR A WHILE.
BUT WITH CYCLONIC CIRCULATION STILL HANGING AROUND, ANY PEEK AT THE
SUN WILL LIKELY DEVELOP SOME RW.

WF

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