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WGUS83 KIWX 311922
FLSIWX

Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
222 PM EST Fri Jan 31 2025

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Berrien MI-Cass MI MI-
222 PM EST Fri Jan 31 2025

...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues and frozen
  soil conditions.

* WHERE...A portion of southwest Michigan, including the following
  counties, Berrien and Cass MI.

* WHEN...Until 600 PM EST.

* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 219 PM EST, Surface observations indicate that between
    three quarters of an inch and one and a half inches of rain
    has fallen across the advisory since last evening. The
    combination of this rainfall and frozen soil conditions will
    continue to lead to a threat of standing water and ponding of
    water on roadways into early this evening.
  - Additional rainfall amounts of around one quarter of an inch
    are expected over the area for the rest of the afternoon.
    Rainfall rates between one tenth of an inch to one quarter of
    an inch per hour are possible, but these rainfall rates
    should diminish through the remainder of the afternoon hours.
    This additional rain will result in minor flooding.
  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    Niles, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Dowagiac, Buchanan,
    Granger, Benton Heights, Fair Plain, Simonton Lake, Bridgman,
    New Buffalo, Berrien Springs, Cassopolis, Watervliet, Three
    Oaks, Coloma, Edwardsburg, Marcellus, Stevensville and Paw
    Paw Lake.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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LAT...LON 4211 8649 4212 8648 4224 8636 4224 8622
      4207 8622 4207 8576 4180 8576 4176 8580
      4176 8682 4189 8662


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