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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1227 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT
* AT 1223 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
  IN NORTHWEST PARTS OF CLINTON COUNTY. 
* THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 300 AM...AND THEN START
  TAPERING OFF. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO EXCEED 3 
  INCHES IN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.  RAINFALL RATES WILL LIKELY TOP 
  AN INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ST.
  JOHNS...DEWITT...ELSIE...MERLE BEACH AND SHEPARDSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 4277 8441 4277 8484 4312 8484 4312 8437
      4278 8436
$$
MJS