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WGUS73 KGRR 241147

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

742 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005



MIC085-133-241215-

LAKE MI-OSCEOLA MI-

742 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 AM EDT FOR OSCEOLA AND

LAKE COUNTIES...



AT 736 AM EDT...ADDTIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING

BACK INTO THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS

MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN BY 815 AM EDT.  



THE STORMS EARLIER IN THE MORNING DUMPED 2 TO LOCALLY 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THESE COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN APPEARS TO HAVE

FALLEN JUST NORTH OF BALDWIN.



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD

FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY

CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING PICKUPS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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