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WGUS83 KGRR 161659
FLSGRR

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1259 PM EDT WED APR 16 2014

MIC073-107-117-170200-
/O.CON.KGRR.FA.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140417T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ISABELLA MI-MECOSTA MI-MONTCALM MI-
1259 PM EDT WED APR 16 2014

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTCALM...MECOSTA AND
ISABELLA COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

AT 1253 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS
STILL OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE WARNED AREA. MANY SECONDARY ROADS ARE
STILL UNDER WATER. ROADWAY REPAIRS ARE ONGOING. SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS HAVE PEAKED AND ARE BEGINNING A SLOW FALL. FLOOD WATERS WILL
SLOWLY RECEDE AND CONDITIONS WILL NOTICEABLY IMPROVE OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BIG RAPIDS...
GREENVILLE...HOWARD CITY...MOUNT PLEASANT...BARRYTON...EDMORE...
MECOSTA...MORLEY...ROSEBUSH...STANTON...WEIDMAN...AMSDEN...BROOMFIELD
CENTER...CANADIAN LAKES...COE...DEERFIELD CENTER...GOWEN...HERRICK...
KINGS CORNER...MAPLE HILL...MARTINY LAKE...MILLBROOK...REMUS...
ROLLAND CENTER...RUSTFORD...SHERIDAN CLARK ARPT...SHERMAN CITY...
TITUS...TUBBS LAKE AND VERNON CENTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4346 8484 4312 8484 4312 8531 4330 8532
      4330 8557 4381 8556 4382 8461 4347 8460

$$

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