WGUS83 KGRR 200527 FLSGRR FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 127 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 MIC025-075-077-201730- /O.NEW.KGRR.FA.Y.0022.130720T0527Z-130720T1730Z/ /00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CALHOUN MI-JACKSON MI-KALAMAZOO MI- 127 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN... EASTERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 130 PM EDT SATURDAY * AT 125 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE ADVISORY AREA IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS. * THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL END BY 230 AM. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON...ALBION...BROOKLYN...CONCORD... GRASS LAKE...MARSHALL...RICHLAND...SPRINGPORT...TEKONSHA...ACKERSON LAKE...BEADLE LAKE...BERRYVILLE...BURLEIGH CORNERS...CLARENDON... COMSTOCK...CONDIT...DEVEREAUX...DUCK LAKE...EAST LEROY...ECKFORD... FORT CUSTER...FRANCISCO...GULL LAKE...HIGHLAND PARK... HOWLANDSBURG...LEVEL PARK...LIBERTY...MARENGO AND MINARD MILL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. && LAT...LON 4207 8562 4242 8557 4242 8413 4207 8414 $$ MJS
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