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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

1206 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 

WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...



  GRAND RIVER NEAR COMSTOCK PARK AFFECTING KENT COUNTY

  

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY

AND BRING SOME HEAVY RAIN. THE RAIN WILL COMBINE WITH WATER FROM

MELTED SNOW TO PRODUCE FLOODING.



SAFETY MESSAGE...EVEN 6 INCHES OF FAST-MOVING FLOOD WATER CAN KNOCK 

YOU OFF YOUR FEET... AND A DEPTH OF 2 FEET WILL FLOAT YOUR CAR.  

NEVER TRY TO WALK... SWIM... OR DRIVE THROUGH SUCH SWIFT WATER.  IF 

YOU COME UPON FLOOD WATERS... STOP... TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY.



THIS WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE RIVER FALLS BELOW ITS FLOOD 

STAGE.  



STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL 

RADIO... TELEVISION... OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.



ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND RIVER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR HOMEPAGE

AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRR.  



MIC081-111906-

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1206 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A 



* FLOOD WARNING FOR 

  THE GRAND RIVER NEAR COMSTOCK PARK.

* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17.

* AT 11 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET.

* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.

* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.

* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON AND 

  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 13.0 FEET BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE RIVER 

  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...ABRIGADOR TRAIL IS UNDERWATER AND MINOR 

  FLOODING OF HOMES OCCURS ALONG ABRIGADOR TRAIL AND WILLOW DRIVE.

* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 13.0 FEET

  ON SEP 16 1986.  



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