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WGUS73 KGRR 241036

FFSGRR



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

623 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005



MIC105-241145-

MASON MI-

623 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 AM EDT FOR MASON

COUNTY...



AT 615 AM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE TORRENTIAL RAIN

EARLIER HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE MASON COUNTY.  IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 

UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF 

THE COUNTY.  THE HARDEST HIT TOWNSHIPS INCLUDE 

FREESOIL...MEADE...SHERIDAN AND SHERMAN. THE STREAMS IMPACTED WOULD

INCLUDE THE SMALL TRIBUTARIES THAT FLOW INTO THE BIG SABLE AND 

LITTLE MANISTEE RIVERS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.  THE EROSION CAUSED BY THE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL

MAY HAVE DAMAGED SOME ROADS AS WELL.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE CROSSING NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

THE STORMS MAY ENTER MASON COUNTY BY 800 AM.



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