Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2004, 3:06 AM EDT for Berrien 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2004, 3:06 AM EDT (07:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2004, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Berrien County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 1790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 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 KIWX 120710 FFWIWX MIC021-121000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 306 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN * UNTIL 600 AM EDT * AT 306 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER BERRIEN COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER WEST CENTRAL BERRIEN COUNTY FROM ST JOSEPH TO STEVENSVILLE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH BERRIEN COUNTY AND BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4223 8640 4178 8678 4177 8626 4223 8626 $$ HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIWX 120832 FFSIWX MIC021-121000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 430 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BERRIEN COUNTY... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN UNTIL 600 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS IN WEST CENTRAL BERRIEN COUNTY FROM ST JOSEPH TO STEVENSVILLE. BERRIEN COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF STREETS IN SUB DIVISIONS IN STEVENSVILLE AND ST JOSEPH WITH WATER FLOWING INTO HOMES. ALSO WATER WAS REPORTED FLOWING OVER INTERSTATE 94. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS BERRIEN COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGREVATE THE FLOODING THAT IS ALREADY OCCURING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. $$ HITCHCOCK
000 WGUS73 KIWX 121009 FFSIWX MIC021-121030- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 605 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED EAST OUT OF BERRIEN COUNTY. SOME MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN BERRIEN COUNTY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER THE FLOOD WATERS WILL GRADUALLY BE RECEDING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass | 47 min |
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.