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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Gaylord, MI

April 2, 1998Alpena County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flash flood warning at Apr 2, 1998, 3:55 AM EST for Alpena County, Michigan. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 1998, 3:55 AM EST (08:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 1998, 12:00 PM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Alpena County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 1998-04-02Temperature 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 1998-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 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 KAPN 020857
FFWAPN
MIC007-069-021700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
355 AM EST THU APR 2 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD MI HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ALPENA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN
  IOSCO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 1200 PM EST

* HEAVY RAINFALL...RANGING FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES SINCE MONDAY AFTERNOON...
  HAS PUSHED MANY RIVERS...STREAMS...AND CREEKS OVER THEIR BANKS IN
  THESE COUNTIES.  THE MAIN FLOODED AREAS CONTINUE TO BE THE THUNDER
  BAY RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN ALPENA COUNTY...AND THE AU SABLE
  RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN IOSCO COUNTY.

* SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL OCCUR TODAY...MAINLY DURING THE MORNING
  HOURS...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 0.10 INCH.  HOWEVER...THE MAIN
  THREAT OF FLOODING WILL BE FROM CONTINUED RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND HIGHER
  WATER LEVELS UPSTREAM THAT WILL BE CRESTING.

IF YOU OBSERVE FLOOD WATERS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.  DO
NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERED ROADS...AS THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN
YOU MIGHT THINK...WHICH COULD SWEEP YOUR VEHICLE DOWNSTREAM.

TES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 7:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningAPXAlpena8 hr
Apr 1, 9:55 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningAPXIosco6 hr
Apr 2, 3:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningAPXIosco8 hr
Apr 2, 12:00 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningAPXAlpena5 hr
Apr 2, 12:00 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningAPXIosco5 hr

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.