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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 19, 1995Kalamazoo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 1995, 9:48 PM EDT for Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1995, 9:48 PM EDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1995, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Kalamazoo County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGRR 200151
FFWGRR
MIC077-200245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
948 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
 
   ...EASTERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY
 
AT 950 PM EDT... WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY FROM NEAR
YORKVILLE SOUTH TO VICKSBURG. THESE STORMS HAVE REMAINED NEARLY
STATIONARY OVER THE PAST HOUR... AND RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL SHOW
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR. A SPOTTER IN GALESBURG
REPORTED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS WITH WATER LEVELS OF UP TO 1 FOOT.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY... AND
YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
TRH

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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.