Weather Alert in Michigan
Flood Warning issued August 12 at 6:05PM EDT until August 13 at 12:15AM EDT by NWS Grand Rapids MI
AREAS AFFECTED: Calhoun, MI; Kalamazoo, MI
DESCRIPTION: * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Michigan, including the following counties, in south central Michigan, Calhoun. In southwest Michigan, Kalamazoo. * WHEN...Until 1215 AM EDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. It will take several hours for all the water from these storms to work through local drainage systems in urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 604 PM EDT, Radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain has fallen in the last 2 hours, with additional heavy rain continuing. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Battle Creek, Augusta and Bedford. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
INSTRUCTION: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud,
and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.
Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can
result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or
rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud
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Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally
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Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes
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water vapor
to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are
featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.
In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved
appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds
are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.
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