...FLOOD WATCH SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAINFALL ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES MAY FALL ACROSS THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS ADD TO THE THREAT WITH HIGH SOIL MOISTURE AND RIVER LEVELS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...HOLLAND 359 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN... CLARE...GRATIOT...ISABELLA...MECOSTA...MONTCALM AND OSCEOLA. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN...IONIA. IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... ALLEGAN...KENT AND OTTAWA. IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN...LAKE... MASON...MUSKEGON...NEWAYGO AND OCEANA. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * A THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN EXISTS FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL OCCUR AS WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE MOVE UP THE FRONT. BY MIDDAY MONDAY...ONE TO POSSIBLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. * HIGH SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT WILL ALLOW FOR EFFICIENT RUNOFF INTO RIVERS AND STREAMS. RIVER LEVELS ARE ALREADY WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR DUE TO EARLIER RAINS AND SNOW MELT ACROSS THE AREA. * CONCERNS NOT ONLY EXIST ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS...BUT SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY POTENTIALLY SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES AS WELL. LOW LAND AND URBAN PONDING OF WATER MAY ALSO OCCUR IN THE HEAVIER BURSTS OF RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/FLOODS AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG.
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and last updated 2014-04-11 16:12:22-04
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