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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

242 AM EDT SUN SEP 9 2007



MIC149-090830-

ST. JOSEPH MI-

242 AM EDT SUN SEP 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM EDT FOR ST.

JOSEPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...



AT 240 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT POCKETS OF 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED FROM CENTREVILLE TO COLON... HOWEVER 

THE COVERAGE OF THE RAINFALL WAS DECREASING. ALSO THE AREA OF HEAVY 

RAIN WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST. RADAR ALSO INDICATES THAT RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTY NORTHWEST 

OF A WHITE PIGEON TO COLON LINE WITH SPOTS IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF 

THE COUNTY... JUST NORTHWEST OF THREE RIVERS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 

216... RECEIVING AROUND 7 INCHES OF RAIN. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

NOTTAWA...STURGIS...HOWARDSVILLE...MOORE PARK...THREE RIVERS... 

LEONIDAS... AND WHITE PIGEON.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

NORTHERN INDIANA.



LAT...LON 4208 8530 4182 8529 4181 8530 4177 8530

      4176 8530 4177 8576 4207 8576

TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 276DEG 4KT 4191 8547



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