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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

1056 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009



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IONIA MI-CLINTON MI-INGHAM MI-

1056 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM EDT FOR

INGHAM...CLINTON AND IONIA COUNTIES...



AT 1055 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER INGHAM COUNTY AND WAS EXPANDING SOUTHWARD 

INTO JACKSON COUNTY. 



SOUTHERN IONIA AND SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTIES HAD ALREADY SEEN 

TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN... BUT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD SHIFTED TO 

THE SOUTH AS OF 1055 PM. 



ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE LANSING AREA SINCE 10 PM 

WITH ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. 



THE BACK EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE 

MICHIGAN AND RAIN WILL DIMINISH OR END TOWARD 1 AM. 



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.



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LAT...LON 4243 8460 4277 8461 4277 8531 4305 8531

      4312 8437 4278 8436 4278 8415 4243 8413



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