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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2004, 4:13 PM EDT for Missaukee County, Wexford County, Michigan. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2004, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2004, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Missaukee County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KAPX 092013
FFWAPX
MIC113-165-100215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
413 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEXFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
MISSAUKEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 413 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
VOGEL CENTER TO LUCAS TO MEAUWATAKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...
OVER VOGEL CENTER BY 425 PM EDT
OVER JENNINGS BY 430 PM EDT
OVER LAKE CITY AND FALMOUTH BY 435 PM EDT
OVER MANTON BY 440 PM EDT
OVER MODDERSVILLE BY 445 PM EDT
OVER MOORESTOWN BY 530 PM EDT
DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1.0 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN OVER THIS REGION IN THE LAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED...ALONG WITH PEA-SIZED HAIL.
LAT...LON 4433 8578 4449 8545 4451 8491 4417 8491
4417 8548
$$2 follow-up statements
000
RWUS32 KAPX 092243
FFSAPX
MIC113-165-100215-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
641 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR MISSAUKEE
AND WEXFORD COUNTIES...
AT 640 PM EDT...A SPOTTER AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MANY
AREAS OF FLOODING DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS THAT MOVED THROUGH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. IN WEXFORD COUNTY...MITCHELL STREET IN DOWNTOWN CADILLAC
HAD WATER COVERING PORTIONS OF THE ROAD. THIS FLOODING HAS SINCE
RECEDED. IN MISSAUKEE COUNTY...WATER CONTINUES TO COVER THE ROAD
AT 13 MILE AND FALMOUTH ROADS. ALSO...WATER CONTINUES TO COVER THE
ROAD AT PROSPER AND 8 MILE ROADS.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH POTENTIAL HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE LATER
TONIGHT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VOGEL
CENTER...MODDERSVILLE...MEAUWATAKA...MCBAIN...MANTON...LUCAS...LAKE
CITY...JENNINGS...HARRIETTA...FALMOUTH...CADILLAC AND BOON.
NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
GAYLORD.
LAT...LON 4433 8578 4449 8545 4451 8491 4417 8491
4417 8548
$$144
RWUS32 KAPX 100142
FFSAPX
MIC113-165-100215-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
941 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MISSAUKEE AND WEXFORD COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA. THE EARLIER FLOODING AT MITCHELL STREET IN CADILLAC...AND
AT 13 MILE AND FALMOUTH ROADS IN MISSAUKEE COUNTIES HAS RECEDED. SOME
LOCAL LOW LYING AREAS MAY HAVE PONDING OF WATER...HOWEVER THE FLASH
FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELED.
LAT...LON 4433 8578 4449 8545 4451 8491 4417 8491
4417 8548
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 10:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Gladwin | 2 hr |
| May 9, 5:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Ogemaw, Roscommon | 6 hr |
| May 9, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Arenac | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.