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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 10, 2005Antrim County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2005, 9:22 PM EDT for Antrim 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 10, 2005, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2005, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Antrim County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2005-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 322 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2005-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
322 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1388 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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 110121
FFWAPX
MIC009-110415-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1200 AM EDT

* AT 916 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING SOUTHEAST
  ANTRIM COUNTY...SPECIFICALLY AREAS EAST OF MANCELONA ALONG COUNTY
  ROAD C38.  

DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN 
OVER THIS REGION SINCE 6 PM.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE 
NEXT HOUR MAY RESULT IN RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING 
AREAS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF
OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED.

LAT...LON 4487 8525 4491 8524 4496 8523 4500 8522
      4505 8520 4505 8503 4505 8487 4487 8486

$$

JPB
3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KAPX 110210
FFSAPX
MIC009-110400-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1009 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ANTRIM COUNTY UNTIL 
1200 AM EDT...

AT 1006 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ANTRIM 
COUNTY.  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF ANTRIM COUNTY SINCE LATE 
AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS AREAS EAST OF MANCELONA ALONG COUNTY ROAD 
C38.

AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN MAY OCCUR ACROSS THIS AREA 
THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WHICH MAY RESULT IN RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS AND 
LOW LYING AREAS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER...NEARLY HALF 
OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED.

$$

JPB
000
WGUS73 KAPX 110320
FFSAPX
MIC009-110400-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1119 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ANTRIM COUNTY UNTIL 
1200 AM EDT...

AT 1113 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED
RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 4.50 AND 5.50 INCHES SINCE 6 PM ACROSS 
SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF ANTRIM COUNTY...MAINLY EAST OF US-131 AND 
SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD C42.  THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD 
OF TIME MAY RESULT IN FLOODING ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS...AND POSSIBLY 
WASHED OUT ROADS.

A FEW ADDITIONAL SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY SLIDE ACROSS THIS AREA 
THROUGH 1 AM...ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 
UNDER ONE QUARTER INCH. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER.  IF YOU 
ENCOUNTER WATER ON A ROADWAY...TURN AROUND AND SEEK ANOTHER ROUTE.  
WATCH FOR AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HAVE WASHED OUT ROADS.

$$

JPB
000
WGUS73 KAPX 110405
FFSAPX
MIC009-110415-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1205 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ANTRIM COUNTY HAS EXPIRED..

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE WINDING DOWN ACROSS NORTHWEST LOWER 
MICHIGAN EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY 
RAINFALL DIMINISHING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ANTRIM COUNTY.  THEREFORE... 
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ANTRIM COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

JPB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX61 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.