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Forecast
As of 3:40 PM EST on March 11, 2010
Tonight...Rain showers and scattered thunderstorms...then rain showers overnight. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Friday...Cloudy until midday then becoming partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of rain showers. Highs around 60. East winds 5 to 15 mph.
Friday Night...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Lows in the lower 40s. East winds around 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
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Areal Flood Advisory
Issued by the National Weather Service at 10:17 PM EST on March 11, 2010
... The Flood Advisory for urban and small streams remains in effect
until 230 PM EST Friday for Ottawa... Van Buren... Calhoun...
Kalamazoo... Barry... Eaton... Allegan... Ionia... Kent... Muskegon...
Newaygo and Oceana counties...
At 1009 PM EST many of the smaller rivers... creeks and streams
continued rise due to snow melt of the past several days... and the
quarter to half inch of rain that has fallen through 10 PM this
evening. Many of them were near bankfull.
Rainfalls of between half an inch to an one inch was expected by 5
am Friday morning. That will result in nuisance flooding near low
points on area streams... creeks and smaller rivers. This includes
ponding of water in urban area and elevated river or stream flows.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
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. Move to higher ground.
Lat... Lon 4207 8624 4224 8623 4226 8637 4257 8624
4297 8623 4313 8628 4358 8653 4370 8653
4382 8643 4380 8556 4330 8557 4329 8532
4313 8531 4312 8484 4278 8484 4277 8461
4243 8460 4242 8473 4208 8472
Wdm
1003 PM EST Thu Mar 11 2010
The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a
* Flood Advisory for
the Grand River at Lowell.
* Until Wednesday afternoon.
* There is no current observed data.
* Bankfull stage is 10.0 feet.
* Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will rise to near 10.2 feet Sunday evening.
* Impact... at 10.0 feet... expect flooding of low lying areas adjacent
to the banks
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