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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 10, 2005Arenac County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2005, 5:00 PM EDT for Arenac County, Michigan. It was in force for 60 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 10, 2005, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Arenac County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 789 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
789 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1199 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 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 KAPX 102104
FFWAPX
MIC011-102200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
500 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ARENAC COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER ARENAC COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STERLING...OMER...INTERSTATE 75 MILE MARKER 199...MAPLE RIDGE...
  TWINING...ALGER AND TURNER.

DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
FALLEN OVER THIS REGION SINCE MID AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 4401 8403 4394 8401 4395 8387 4404 8371
      4416 8358 4415 8413 4403 8414

$$
JK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOscoda42 min
Jun 10, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee16 min
Jun 10, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXRoscommon41 min
Jun 10, 5:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAPXArenac3 hr
Jun 10, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan54 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.