AREAS AFFECTED : ALLEGAN, MI; BARRY, MI; CALHOUN, MI; CLARE, MI; CLINTON, MI; EATON, MI; GRATIOT, MI; INGHAM, MI; IONIA, MI; ISABELLA, MI; JACKSON, MI; KALAMAZOO, MI; KENT, MI; LAKE, MI; MASON, MI; MECOSTA, MI; MONTCALM, MI; MUSKEGON, MI; NEWAYGO, MI; OCEANA, MI; OSCEOLA, MI; OTTAWA, MI; VAN BUREN, MI
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2 To 4 inches of rain has fallen across a large portion of Lower
Michigan over the last week. Rivers are now rising, and soils are
saturated. A final round of rain from this storm cycle is expected
to impact our area late Friday night and continue through the day
Saturday. Most areas will receive an additional 0.5 to 1.0 inches of
rain, with some indications that a few counties could end up with a
streak of more like 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain or more. If this
heavier rain tracks over an urban area like Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids,
or Lansing, localized urban flooding issues are likely.
Meanwhile, as all this water continues to find its way into our
river systems, minor flooding is becoming likely on parts of the
Muskegon River, and is also a possibility on some of the typical
flood-prone trouble spots in the Grand River watershed, including in
Comstock Park and Maple River. Much will depend on exactly where the
heaviest swath of the upcoming rain falls, but the bottom line is
that some minor river flooding is becoming more likely across parts
of Southwest and West-Central Michigan as all this rain continues to
add up.