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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Detroit, MI

June 21, 2002Monroe County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2002, 2:26 PM EDT for Monroe County, Michigan. It was in force for 94 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2002, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2002, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1509 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2002-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
1509 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1258 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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 
WGUS53 KDTX 211826
FFWDTX
MIC115-212000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
225 PM EDT FRI JUN 21 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 4 PM EDT

* AT 220 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
  WAS OCCURRING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF MONROE 
  COUNTY AROUND DUNDEE...MILAN AND MAYBEE.
* THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA HAVE PRODUCED UP 
  TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR WITH POSSIBLY UP TO 
  ANOTHER INCH OR SO THROUGH 3 PM. A SPOTTER REPORT OUT OF MAYBE 
  INDICATED THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED IN 
  ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.


EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

LAT...LON 4183 8370 4194 8353 4206 8353 4207 8376


DRC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX2 hr
Jun 21, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXTuscola56 min
Jun 21, 12:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee53 min
Jun 21, 1:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningDTXLenawee81 min
Jun 21, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX64 min
Jun 21, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX64 min
Jun 21, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw, Wayne54 min
Jun 21, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX85 min
Jun 21, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX85 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.