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Water cascades down an embankment at the Bayberry Farms apartment community in Wyoming after a morning storm dumped 5.63 inches of rain on parts of the city.

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Cars are stranded by water at the Bayberry Farms apartment complex during torrential rainfall Monday morning. Click the link above for a larger view.

WYOMING, MI — More than 5 inches of rain doused parts of West Michigan over a span of just three hours Monday morning, flooding basements, streets and stranding cars across metro Grand Rapids.

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids reported 5.63 inches of rain fell in Wyoming between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m., causing streets to flood and basements to back up.

At the Bayberry Farms apartment community, the deluge created a waterfall down an embankment that separates the complex from 56th Street SW.

Catherine Kooyers sent pictures of the cascading waters to MLive, saying flooding like that had "never happened before" and left waterlogged vehicles in its wake.

The downpour caused streets to flood in Wyoming and Grandville, where roads were impassable because of standing water.

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In Grandville, Rivertown Parkway at Wilson was closed by police around 10 a.m. because of water on the road.

Police reported cars stuck in water across the metro area, including the 5100 block of Clyde Park Avenue and Kentwood.

Reports from the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids indicated streets "all over Grandville" were flooded. Forecasters did not include a rainfall total there.

Roughly 4.9 inches of rain fell near Jenison between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m., forecasters said. School was delayed in the city because of widespread power outages there.

Caledonia saw 4.3 inches of rain over the three-hour period, forecasters said.

In Hastings, 2.17 inches of rain fell during the morning storm, according to weather service spotter reports.

Zane McMillin is a government, transportation and breaking news reporter for MLive.com and The Grand Rapids Press. Email him, and follow him on Twitter.