WGUS43 KGRR 222053
FLWGRR
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
453 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...
  MUSKEGON RIVER NEAR CROTON AFFECTING NEWAYGO COUNTY
.THE CURRENT WEATHER IS DOMINATED BY A PERSISTENT LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM HAS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAINFALL OVER THE MUSKEGON RIVER BASIN. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO
HALF INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE
EAST BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE FOLLOWING FORECAST IS BASED ON
OBSERVED AND FORECAST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...EVEN 6 INCHES OF FAST-MOVING FLOOD WATER CAN KNOCK 
YOU OFF YOUR FEET... AND A DEPTH OF 2 FEET WILL FLOAT YOUR CAR.  
NEVER TRY TO WALK... SWIM... OR DRIVE THROUGH SUCH SWIFT WATER.  IF 
YOU COME UPON FLOOD WATERS... STOP... TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY.
THIS WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE RIVER FALLS BELOW ITS FLOOD 
STAGE.  
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL 
RADIO... TELEVISION... OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND RIVER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR HOMEPAGE
AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRR.  
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453 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A 
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE MUSKEGON RIVER NEAR CROTON.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT  2:15 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE TO NEAR 9.1 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET...EXPECT MINOR FLOODING OF COTTAGES AND HOMES 
  DOWNSTREAM OF NEWAYGO ON RIVERVIEW DRIVE IN BRIDGETON TOWNSHIP AND 
  PEPPERIDGE IN ASHLAND TOWNSHIP.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 9.1 FEET 
  ON APR 4 2005.  
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EBW