Today marked an outbreak of severe weather over south west lower Michigan.
Several severe storms with dangerous lightning and very heavy rain were
reported. See statement below for flooding report.
ZCZC ARBFFWGRR
WGUS53 KGRR 222042
MIC025-077-159-230200-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
440 PM EDT WED AUG 22 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM ALLEGAN COUNTY WEST
ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN TO MILWAUKEE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES...AND SPOTTER REPORTS CONFIRM...THAT THREE
TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
WARNED AREA SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN
A BAND FROM BATTLE CREEK THROUGH KALAMAZOO TO BLOOMINGDALE.
ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNED
AREA THROUGH 8 PM EDT.
* THIS WARNING REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
ISSUED EARLIER FOR KALAMAZOO COUNTY.
TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED RAPID RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS...WITH MANY OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL
AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION FURTHER.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
MEADE/WALTON
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