Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 1995, 6:39 PM EDT for Jackson County, Michigan. It was in force for 100 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 1995, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1995, 8:19 PM EDT
- In force
- 100 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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 KLAN 022239 FFWLAN MIC075-030045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 639 PM EDT WED AUG 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LANSING HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN ...CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY AT 630 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTO OVER THE CITY OF JACKSON...WHICH HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE CITY SINCE 530 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 3 INCHES IN THE JACKSON VICINITY HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR BETWEEN 530 AND 630 PM EDTJACKSON COUNTY DISPATCH ALSO REPORTS SOME FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYINAREAS. THE THREAT OF FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 730 PM AS THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVES TO THE EAST. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 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. BORIS &
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, Aug 2, 5:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
MIZ067-074-022225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 538 PM EDT WED AUG 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY... AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE CITY OF JACKSON IN CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH JACKSON AND INTO THE PLEASANT LAKE AND MUNITH AREAS BETWEEN 535 AND 600 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST INGHAM COUNTY NEAR FITCHBURG AND STOCKBRIDGE BY 605 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS IN A THUNDERSTORM...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... MOVE TO A LOW PLACE SUCH AS A RAVINE OR VALLEY. AVOID WIRE FENCES AND OTHER METAL OBJECTS WHICH COULD CARRY LIGHTNING TO YOU FROM SOME DISTANCE AWAY. STAY AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS WHICH COUL<D ATTRACT LIGHTNING. BORIS
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 5:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
MIZ067-074-022225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 538 PM EDT WED AUG 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY... AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE CITY OF JACKSON IN CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH JACKSON AND INTO THE PLEASANT LAKE AND MUNITH AREAS BETWEEN 535 AND 600 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST INGHAM COUNTY NEAR FITCHBURG AND STOCKBRIDGE BY 605 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS IN A THUNDERSTORM...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... MOVE TO A LOW PLACE SUCH AS A RAVINE OR VALLEY. AVOID WIRE FENCES AND OTHER METAL OBJECTS WHICH COULD CARRY LIGHTNING TO YOU FROM SOME DISTANCE AWAY. STAY AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS WHICH COULD ATTRACT LIGHTNING. BORIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ingham | 47 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Michigan, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
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.