Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 1995, 12:51 AM EDT for Ogemaw County, Roscommon County, Michigan. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 1995, 12:51 AM EDT (04:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1995, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ogemaw County, MI, Roscommon County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 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 KHTL 280454 COR FFWHTL MIC143-129-280800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 1251 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUGHTON LAKE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN ...SOUTHEASTERN ROSCOMMON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MICHIGAN ...WESTERN OGEMAW COUNTY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST ROSCOMMON AND THE WEST PART OF OGEMAW COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ROSCOMMON AND THE WEST PART OF OGEMAW COUNTY WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA DURING THE NIGHT. UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST ROSCOMMON AND THE WEST PART OF OGEMAW COUNTY TONIGHT. REMEMBER WHEN TRAVELLING IN A FLOOD THREAT AREA DO NOT TRY TO CROSS ROADWAYS WITH FAST MOVING WATER OR WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH. USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS OR UNDERPASSES. NNNN
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, Jul 27, 10:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
MIZ050-051-056>059-064>067-071>074-077>082-280700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1025 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 300 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND HAVEN TO HILLSDALE. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF GRAND RAPIDS... HOLLAND... BENTON HARBOR... KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK... AND HILLSDALE. A LINE OF STONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AND INTO NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH... AND WILL TURN AND THEN MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST WHEN THEY ENTER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE STRONG WINDS. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. . WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. WHEN INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. RBP
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 10:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
MIZ050-051-056>059-064>067-071>074-077>082-280700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1025 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 300 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND HAVEN TO HILLSDALE. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF GRAND RAPIDS... HOLLAND... BENTON HARBOR... KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK... AND HILLSDALE. A LINE OF STONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AND INTO NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH... AND WILL TURN AND THEN MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST WHEN THEY ENTER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE STRONG WINDS. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. . WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... GET INSIDE A STUPRDY SHELTER. WHEN INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. RBP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 11:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Clare, Gladwin, Roscommon | 42 min |
Nearby
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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.