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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1139 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 1135 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 
  OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY FROM SOUTH HAVEN EAST   
  THROUGH BLOOMINGDALE. ADDITIONAL STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE  
  OVER THESE LOCATIONS THROUGH AT LEAST 200 PM.  
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...SOUTH
  HAVEN...COVERT...BANGOR...BREEDSVILLE...GRAND JUCTION...           
  BLOOMINGDALE AND GOBLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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 4207 8595 4208 8623 4224 8623 4224 8637
      4235 8631 4241 8629 4242 8628 4242 8577
      4207 8576 4206 8577
$$
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