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Flash Flood Michigan Kalamazoo 2001-08-22
se-2001-5266989 · 2001-08-22T10:30:00Z
The record
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| start_utc | 2001-08-22T10:30:00+00:00 |
|---|---|
| end_utc | 2001-08-22T18:30:00+00:00 |
| event_type | Flash Flood |
| origin_utc | 2001-08-22T10:30:00+00:00 |
| last_fix_utc | 2001-08-22T18:30:00+00:00 |
| geo_granularity | point |
| state | Michigan |
| state_fips | 26 |
| county | KALAMAZOO |
| county_fips | 77 |
| cz_type | C |
| damage_property_usd | 100,000 |
| injuries | 0 |
| deaths | 0 |
| episode_narrative | Numerous reports of severe weather were received from Allegan, Ottawa and Kent counties. The first reports of severe weather were received from Holland (Ottawa county), where three quarters inch hail was reported near the intersections of M40 and I196, and also near the intersection of M40 and US31. Several reports of wind damage were received from Hudsonville (Ottawa county). A tree was blown down at the intersection of New Holland and Chicago Drives, a tree was blown down onto a house, and a 20 foot pop up trailer was blown over. A tree was blown down in Plainwell (Allegan county). A tree was also blown down 2 miles northeast of Grand Rapids (Kent county). A tree was blown down across a road in Dorr (Allegan county). Numerous trees were blown down on Thornapple River Drive in Cascade (Kent county). A 58 m.p.h. wind gust was reported by Ottawa county central dispatch. Flooding also became a problem during the late morning and afternoon hours across mainly eastern Van Buren and Kalamazoo counties. Doppler radar estimates indicated that 3 to 5 inches of rain fell across that area in less than 6 hours. Trained weather spotters reported that widespread street flooding occurred in Oshtemo and Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo county). Several streets were blocked off and several underpasses were flooded. There were also a few reports of cars stuck in flooded underpasses and businesses having to pump water out of their stores in Kalamazoo during the height of the storms. |
| provisional | false |
Provenance
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