Expires:201406181730;Remove:201406181730;603545 WGUS53 KGRR 181133 FFWGRR MIC121-139-181730- /O.NEW.KGRR.FF.W.0001.140618T1133Z-140618T1730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 733 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... SOUTHERN MUSKEGON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 130 PM EDT WEDNESDAY * AT 730 AM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE REPEATING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT IN A BAND FROM NORTON SHORES AND FERRYSBURG EAST TO RAVENNA AND COOPERSVILLE. MORE THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AT 730 AM WILL IMPACT THE WARNING AREA THROUGH MID MORNING... BRINGING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO TWO INCHES. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...GRAND HAVEN...MUSKEGON...COOPERSVILLE...CANADA CORNERS...DENNISON...GRAND VALLEY...MOORLAND...SNUG HARBOR AND TALLMADGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 4329 8579 4297 8578 4298 8623 4313 8628 4328 8638 $$ MEADE