Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Issued

Feb 21, 1997, 10:20 PM EST (03:20 UTC)

Expired

Feb 22, 1997, 7:00 AM EST

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Area

Whole counties

County Jackson County, MI

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MIC073-037-045-057-065-075-005-015-021-027-067-077-081-117-139-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING... RETRANSMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN
1020 PM EST FRI FEB 21 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS EXTENDED
A FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 700 AM EST SATURDAY FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN

   ...ISABELLA COUNTY

IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN

   ...CLINTON...EATON...GRATIOT...INGHAM...AND JACKSON COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN

   ...ALLEGAN...BARRY...BERRIEN...CASS...IONIA...KALAMAZOO...KENT...
      MONTCALM...OTTAWA...AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES

IN WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN

   ...MECOSTA...MUSKEGON...NEWAYGO...AND OCEANA COUNTIES

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON...
GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND...LANSING...KALAMAZOO...AND BENTON HARBOR.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 4 INCHES FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING HAVE CAUSED FLOODING OF SEVERAL ROADS...IN ADDITION 
TO SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN REPORTED MANY ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING. THE WORST 
FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS ALLEGAN...EATON...GRATIOT...IONIA...
ISABELLA...KENT AND OTTAWA COUNTIES...WHERE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 
TO 4 INCHES WERE COMMON.

IN KENT COUNTY...BUCK CREEK HAS FLOODED THE INTERSECTION OF 54TH 
STREET NEAR CLAY IN WYOMING. PLASTER CREEK HAS FLOODED BACK YARDS
AND PASTURES NEAR 68TH STREET IN GAINES TOWNSHIP.

AT 1000 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 
WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION COVERING MOST OF LOWER MICHIGAN. RAIN HAD
CHANGED TO SLEET AND SNOW ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BENTON
HARBOR TO KALAMAZOO TO LANSING. BY MIDNIGHT...ALL COUNTIES IN THE
WARNING AREA WILL HAVE SNOW FALLING AND TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW
FREEZING. SNOWFALL WILL BRING ANOTH 0.20 TO 0.40 INCH OF LIQUID
EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION TO THE WARNING AREA OVERNIGHT.

RUNOFF FROM THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO ADD WATER TO LOW
LYING AREAS...CREEKS AND STREAMS OVERNIGHT. GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY STAY ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL AROUND DAYBREAK SATURDAY. WITH THE 
RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW TONIGHT...MOST CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CREST
OVERNIGHT EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE RECEEDING SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. LARGER RIVERS WILL NOT REACH CREST UNTIL LATE SATURDAY
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
 
PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...THEN
ASK THEM TO RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

FLOODING DANGERS ARE GREATEST AT NIGHT. ICE AND SNOW MAY MASK AREAS
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAND RAPIDS WILL CLOSELY 
MONITOR THIS FLOOD EVENT AND PROVIDE FREQUENT UPDATES TO LOCAL
TELEVISION AND RADIO MEDIA AND CABLE TV OUTLETS.


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