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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

250 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...

  OTTAWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...



* UNTIL 845 AM EDT



* AT 249 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6   

  MILES NORTH OF HOLLAND TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAUGATUCK...MOVING  

  EAST AT 30 MPH.



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

  HOLLAND...NOORDELOOS...FILLMORE...BORCULO...OVERISEL...DENNISON...

  CHICORA...BEAVERDAM...NORTH BLENDON...DUNNINGVILLE...VRIESLAND...

  COOPERSVILLE...BENTHEIM...DIAMOND SPRINGS...SOUTH BLENDON...

  HUDSONVILLE...FOREST GROVE...GRAND VALLEY...ALLEGAN...MONTEREY...

  TALLMADGE...HOPKINSBURG...WATSON...WAYLAND...CORNING...GREEN

  LAKE...HOOPER AND NEELEY.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



&&



LAT...LON 4313 8580 4277 8579 4277 8555 4245 8555

      4247 8622 4263 8624 4270 8622 4297 8623

      4310 8627



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