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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

612 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN  

  CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN 



* UNTIL NOON EDT



* AT 600 AM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED EXTREME 

  RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES IN STEVENSVILLE  

  MICHIGAN. FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH 

  SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN IS EXPECTED AS EXTREME RAINFALL RATES 

  PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 5 INCHES PER HOUR 

  TO MOVE ONSHORE INTO BERRIEN AND THEN THROUGH CASS COUNTIES IN 

  SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS MORNING. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   

  STEVENSVILLE...BENTON HARBOR...BERRIEN SPRINGS...EAU CLAIRE...

  GLENDORA...NILES...EDWARDSBURG...DOWAGIAC...AND CASSOPOLIS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 4219 8642 4177 8685 4177 8579 4206 8579

      4210 8623



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