Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jan 4, 1993, 11:23 AM EST for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 1993, 11:23 AM EST (16:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 1993, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Livingston County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 548 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 570 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDTW 041626 FFWDTW MIC091-093-099-115-125-147-161-163-042230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 1123 AM EST MON JAN 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ...LENAWEE COUNTY...LIVINGSTON COUNTY...MACOMB COUNTY ...MONROE COUNTY...OAKLAND COUNTY...ST CLAIR COUNTY ...WASHTENAW COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY AT 1120 AM...MACOMB COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT MANY ROADS WERE WATER-COVERED. SOME OF THE ROADS HAD UP TO 2 FEET OF STANDING WATER ON THEM. IN ADDITION...IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CLINTON RIVER WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN CONTINUED TO LIE ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO AN INCH AND ONE-HALF ARE LIKELY IN MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...WITH SLIGHTLY MORE RESULTING WHERE THERE ARE OCCASIONAL OCCURRENCES OF HEAVY RAIN. MANY STREAMS AND RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...NOT ONLY THE CLINTON RIVER...ARE NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS TnHE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DJF
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, Jan 4, 6:48 AM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
MIZ026-031>34-036>038-042-041500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER FORECAST FOR EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 647 AM EST MON JAN 4 1993 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF FLINT...SAGINAW...MIDLAND... BAY CITY...BAD AXE...CARO...SANDUSKY...LAPEER...AND OWOSSO. RAIN...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE REGION. THE RAIN WILL BE FALLING OVER GROUND THAT IS CLOSE TO SATURATION. A WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THE MOST SUSEPTIBLE AREAS ARE NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS...UNDERPASSES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS AND BE PREPARED IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. ALONG WITH THE RAIN...THERE IS A CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY IN LAPEER AND SANILAC COUNTIES. A SOUTH WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING IN WARM AND MOIST AIR INTO EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY IN THE MID 50S THIS MORNING AROUND FLINT. IN THE TRI CITIES AREA TEMPERATURES WILL CL$IMB FROM THE MID 40S INTO THE LOWER 50S BY 1000 PM. OVER THE THUMB READINGS WILL RISE FROM AROUND 50 TO THE MID 50S BY MID MORNING. POLLMAN
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 8:16 AM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
MIZ019-021-024-027>030-035-041515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 810 AM EST MON JAN 4 1993 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 805 AM...MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND THOUGH MOST OF THE RAIN WILL BE LIGHT...OCCASIONAL BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. AROUND AN INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS DURING THE EVENING. WHERE HEAVIER RAIN FALLS...AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN COULD RESULT. BECAUSE THE GROUND IS CLOSE TO SATURATION... FLOODING IS A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY...AND THEREFORE A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. EXERCISE ADDED CARE WHERE FLOODING COULD BE A DEFINITE HAZARD...ESPECIALLY NEAR CREEKS AND RIVERS. DRIVERS SHOULD AT LEAST PREPARE FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS ...AND ANYONE TRAVELLING SHOULD NOT DRIVE OVER A FLOODED ROADWAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. DJF
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 8:48 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
MIZ026-031>34-036>038-042-041700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER FORECAST FOR EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 845 AM EST MON JAN 4 1993 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF FLINT...SAGINAW...MIDLAND... BAY CITY...BAD AXE...CARO...SANDUSKY...LAPEER...AND OWOSSO. RAIN...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE AREA. THE RAIN WILL BE FALLING OVER GROUND THAT IS CLOSE TO SATURATION. AS OF 700 AM ALMOST .3 OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN FLINT AND .6 OF AN INCH IN THE TRI CITIES. A WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS ARE NEAR RIVERS...STREAMS...UNDERPASSES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS AND BE PREPARED IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. SOUTH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WARM AND MOIST AIR AIR INTO EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY IN THE MID 50S THIS MORNING AROUND FLINT WHILE IN THE TRI CITIES TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB FROM THE MID 40S INTO THE LOWER z50S BY 1000 AM. LRT
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 10:13 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
MIZ019-021-024-027>030-035-041700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 1010 AM EST MON JAN 4 1993 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 10 AM...RAIN WAS WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. IN A FEW LOCATIONS...THE RAINFALL WAS BRIEFLY HEAVY. SINCE MIDNIGHT... BETWEEN A HALF-INCH AND AN INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE AREA. AT DETROIT METROPOLITAN AIRPORT...1.01 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN AN INCH AND AN INCH AND ONE-HALF ARE LIKELY IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WHERE HEAVIER RAIN OCCURS...SLIGHTLY MORE RAIN COULD RESULT. BECAUSE THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED...FLOODING IS A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY...AND THEREFORE A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ALSO...ANYONE LOCATED NEAR A CREEK OR RIVER SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RISING WATER...BEING PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DRIVERS SHOULD AT LEAST PREPARE FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND ANYONE TRAVELLING SHOULD NOT DRIVE OVER A FLO ODED ROADWAY. KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. DJF
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 10:14 AM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
MIZ019-021-024-027>030-035-041700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 1010 AM EST MON JAN 4 1993 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 10 AM...RAIN WAS WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. IN A FEW LOCATIONS...THE RAINFALL WAS BRIEFLY HEAVY. SINCE MIDNIGHT... BETWEEN A HALF-INCH AND AN INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE AREA. AT DETROIT METROPOLITAN AIRPORT...1.01 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN AN INCH AND AN INCH AND ONE-HALF ARE LIKELY IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WHERE HEAVIER RAIN OCCURS...SLIGHTLY MORE RAIN COULD RESULT. BECAUSE THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED...FLOODING IS A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY...AND THEREFORE A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ALSO...ANYONE LOCATED NEAR A CREEK OR RIVER SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RISING WATER...BEING PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DRIVERS SHOULD AT LEAST PREPARE FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND ANYONE TRAVELLING SHOULD NOT DRIVE OVER A FLO,ODED ROADWAY. KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. DJF
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 10:49 AM EST, 34 minutes before
MIZ026-031>34-036>038-042-041900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER FORECAST FOR EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 1045 AM EST MON JAN 4 1993 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY. RAIN IS WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. AS OF 1000 AM JUST OVER A HALF INCH HAD FALLEN IN FLINT WHILE THE TRI CITIES RECEIVED .6 OF AN INCH UP TO 700 AM. RAIN...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNNON. THE RAIN WILL BE FALLING OVER GROUND THAT IS CLOSE TO SATURATION...THEREFORE A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING. A WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS ARE NEAR RIVERS...STREAMS...UNDERPASSES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS AND BE PREPARED IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WARM MOIST AIR INTO EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY IN THE LOW 50S THIS MORNING AROUND FLINT WHILE IN THE TRI CITIES TEMPERATURE WILL HOLD IN THE MID 40S. LRT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 11:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | DTX | Macomb, Saint Clair | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 11:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Michigan, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.