Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1998, 6:01 PM EDT for Saginaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 14, 1998, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1998, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saginaw County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 1507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 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 KDTX 142202 FFWDTX MIC145-150100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 601 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SAGINAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CITY OF SAGINAW. THIS CLUSTER WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. * FLOODING OF SOME STREETS AND FREEWAY UNDERPASSES WERE REPORTED IN THE CITY OF SAGINAW BY SKYWARN SPOTTER. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED IN THE EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE NORTHWEST SIDRE OF THE CITY OF SAGINAW. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE CITY OF SAGINAW THROUGH 800 PM. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! BOYNE
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 14, 2:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-151200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 238 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN... DISPATCHERS... PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IMMEDIATELY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SAGINAW VALLEY AND THUMB AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...HOWEVER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG A WEAK FRONT OVER CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN INTO THE LOWER 90S AND DEW POINTS ARE AROUND 70 DEGREES. THIS HAS MADE THE ATMOSPHERE VERY UNSTABLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL UP TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BOYNE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-151200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 238 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN... DISPATCHERS... PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IMMEDIATELY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SAGINAW VALLEY AND THUMB AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...HOWEVER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG A WEAK FRONT OVER CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN INTO THE LOWER 90S AND DEW POINTS ARE AROUND 70 DEGREES. THIS HAS MADE THE ATMOSPHERE VERY UNSTABLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL UP TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BOYNE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Midland | 64 min |
| Jul 14, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saginaw | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saginaw | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee | 50 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Michigan, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.