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Flood — Lake, MI

Apr 17, 2013

Record flooding occurred during the month of April and record crests occurred on the lower portions of the Grand River at Ionia, Lowell, Ada, Comstock Park, and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Due to the severity of the flooding, Michigan���s Governor Rick Snyder declared a state of disaster for 19 counties and two cities. ||The two cities declared in the disaster were Grand Rapids and Ionia. The counties included in the disaster declaration included Barry, Gratiot, Ionia, Kent, Mecosta, Muskego

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 443974). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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