Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2003, 6:26 PM EDT for Missaukee 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 13, 2003, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2003, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Missaukee County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 1789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KAPX 132226 FFWAPX MIC113-140130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 626 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MISSAUKEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 623 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN LAKE CITY AND HOUGHTON LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES WERE RECORDED OVER THIS REGION BETWEEN 4 PM AND 6 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED. BUTTERFIELD CREEK AND THE WEST BRANCH OF THE MUSKEGON RIVER MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND FLOOD. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. $$
5 follow-up statements
336 RWUS32 KAPX 132310 FFSAPX MIC113-140100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 709 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MISSAUKEE COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM... AT 706 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHEAST MISSAUKEE COUNTY...NEAR MODDERSILLE. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN EASTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTY SINCE 4 PM. RUNOFF FROM THIS VERY HEAVY MAY WASH OUT ROADS AND CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. $$
000 RWUS32 KAPX 132351 FFSAPX MIC113-140130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 751 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MISSAUKEE COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM... AT 706 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSAUKEE COUNTY...SOUTHEAST OF MODDERSILLE. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AND WEAKENING. RADAR ESTIMATES 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN EASTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTY SINCE 4 PM. THOUGH RAINFALL IS GRADUALLY ENDING...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS MAY CAUSE ROADS TO WASH OUT AND CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RUN HIGH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. $$
000 RWUS32 KAPX 132354 CCA FFSAPX MIC113-140130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME REFERENCE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 751 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MISSAUKEE COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM... AT 751 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSAUKEE COUNTY...SOUTHEAST OF MODDERSILLE. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AND WEAKENING. RADAR ESTIMATES 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN EASTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTY SINCE 4 PM. THOUGH RAINFALL IS GRADUALLY ENDING...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS MAY CAUSE ROADS TO WASH OUT AND CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RUN HIGH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. $$
912 RWUS32 KAPX 140103 FFSAPX MIC113-140130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 900 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MISSAUKEE COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM... AT 900 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF MISSAUKEE COUNTY. HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATES GREATER THAN 3 INCHES RAIN IN EASTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTY SINCE 4 PM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. $$ SMITH
302 RWUS32 KAPX 140132 FFSAPX MIC113-140200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 930 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MISSAUKEE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EXITED MISSAUKEE COUNTY. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS EARLIER IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MISSAUKEE COUNTY. HOWEVER...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED GREATER THAN 3 INCHES RAIN ACROSS EASTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTY SINCE 4 PM. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Gladwin | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Crawford, Oscoda | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee, Roscommon | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Ogemaw | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Oscoda | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee, Roscommon | 21 min |
| Jul 13, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee, Montmorency, Roscommon | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Crawford, Kalkaska | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 51 min |
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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.