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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2004, 5:04 PM EDT for Ogemaw County, Roscommon 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, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2004, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ogemaw County, MI, Roscommon County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 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 092104
FFWAPX
MIC129-143-100300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
504 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ROSCOMMON COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
OGEMAW COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 504 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
MILES WEST OF PRUDENVILLE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF PRUDENVILLE TO 14
MILES SOUTH OF TWIN LAKES AREA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
INTERSTATE 75 MILE MARKER 219...INTERSTATE 75 MILE MARKER 207...
WEST BRANCH...ST. HELEN...SKIDWAY LAKE...SELKIRK...RIFLE RIVER
STATE PARK AND LAKE ST HELEN.
DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN 1.0 AND
1.5 INCHES OVER THIS REGION. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING.
LAT...LON 4424 8485 4418 8476 4418 8434 4420 8391
4428 8391 4442 8390 4435 8466
$$2 follow-up statements
000
RWUS32 KAPX 092341
FFSAPX
MIC129-143-100300-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
739 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR OGEMAW AND
ROSCOMMON COUNTIES...
AT 738 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE REDEVELOPING CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA WHICH
WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED FLOODING IN
LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE MUSKEGON RIVER...NORTH OF HOUGHTON LAKE...AND
SOME AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE REACHED BANKFULL. OTHER STORMS WERE
MOVING IN FROM CLARE COUNTY...THUS ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL
CONTINUE...AND THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
INTERSTATE 75 MILE MARKER 219...INTERSTATE 75 MILE MARKER 207...WEST
BRANCH...ST. HELEN...SELKIRK...RIFLE RIVER STATE PARK AND LAKE ST.
HELEN.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN
MAY FALL ACROSS OGEMAW AND ROSCOMMON COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT.
NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
GAYLORD.
LAT...LON 4424 8485 4418 8476 4418 8434 4420 8391
4428 8391 4442 8390 4435 8466
$$337
RWUS32 KAPX 100116
FFSAPX
MIC129-143-100145-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
915 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OGEMAW AND ROSCOMMON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS
WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. LOW LAND
FLOODING WAS OBSERVED IN THE VICINITY OF HOUGHTON LAKE ALONG THE
MUSKEGON RIVER...AND IN OGEMAW COUNTY...WATER WAS REPORTEDLY COVERING
PORTIONS OF BLACK ROAD IN PRESCOTT. WATER LEVELS HAVE BEGUN TO RECEDE
AND NO OTHER FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THEREFORE...THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT.
LAT...LON 4424 8485 4418 8476 4418 8434 4420 8391
4428 8391 4442 8390 4435 8466
$$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, 4:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Missaukee, Wexford | 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.