Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 1989, 6:35 PM EDT for Gratiot County, Michigan. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1989, 6:35 PM EDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1989, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gratiot County, MI
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KLAN 232237 RRA
FFWLAN
MIC057-240030-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
635 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LANSING HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN
...GRATIOT
AT 630 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO
MOVE INTO GRATIOT COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED BETWEEN 5 AND 630 PM EDT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2
INCHES IS POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.
SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS HAVE SEVERAL INCHES OF STANDING WATER IN THE
LOWER AREAS AND THE STORM SEWERS IN THE ALMA AND ITHACA AREAS ARE
RUNNING AT FULL CAPACITY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL FURTHER ADD TO THE
PROBLEMS AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE CONSIDERABLE URBAN AND LOW AREA
FLOODING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI 417 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 410 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY OVER GRATIOT COUNTY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF ITHACA AND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ITHACA BOTH IN GRATIOT COUNTY OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF LANSING. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO THE VERY SLOW MOVEMENT. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS IN THE TOWN OF ITHACA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ONLY 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE xPATH OF THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PREPARE TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. KALLAS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 440 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... AT 433 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST MONTCALM...NEAR THE TOWNS OF MAPLE HILL AND HOWARD CITY...30 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTH WESTERN IONIA COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF BELDING AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHERN KENT COUNTY TO NORTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY. MOVMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PERSONS DRIVING IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODED STREETS AND UNDERAPASSES. CARLE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 435 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MECOSTA COUNTY... AT 430 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH- CENTRAL MONTCALM COUNTY BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN MECOSTA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI 502 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GRATIOT COUNTY IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT... ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 455 PM EDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. RAIN AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES IN ONE HOUR WERE REPORTED IN GRATIOT COUNTY 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ITHACA. THERE ALSO HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN NORTHEAST GRATIOT COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN THE ALMA/ST. LOUIS AREA IN NORTHERN GRATIOT COUNTY OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF LANSING. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF MT. PLEASANT. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PREPARE TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS. KALLAS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:54 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI 555 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GRATIOT COUNTY IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 550 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE TOWN OF ITHACA IN GRATIOT COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE CITY OF KALAMAZOO IN KALAMAZOO COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MAPLE RAPIDS IN NORTHWEST CLINTON COUNTY...20 MILES WEST OF LANSING AND 15 MILES WEST OF BATTLE CREEK. 2.3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN ITHACA SINCE 430 PM EDT. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PREPARE TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS. KALLAS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:06 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 605 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL BARRY COUNTY... AT 600 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL BARRY COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN LINE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM THE TOWN OF NASHVILLE IN EASTERN BARRY COUNTY TO THE HICKORY CORNERS AREA IN SOUTH CENTRAL BARRY COUNTY. MOVMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. SOME FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN. CARLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 4:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan | 27 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Michigan, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.