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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2005, 4:40 AM EDT for Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2005, 4:40 AM EDT (08:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2005, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Manistee County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 4:40 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Manistee, MI | CENTRAL DISPATCH REPORTS AREAS OF 2 FEET OF RUNNING WATER OVER CITY STREETS. NUMEROUS CARS STALLED OUT IN HIGH WATER. WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF FLOODED BASEMENTS AND A FIRST FLOOR OF A HOTEL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 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 240840 FFWAPX MIC101-241045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 440 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MANISTEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN * UNTIL 645 AM EDT * AT 434 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST MANISTEE COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EASTLAKE...MANISTEE...PARKDALE...NORWALK...ONEKAMA AND PIERPORT. SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE CITY OF MANISTEE FROM 345 AM TO 430 AM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BY 530 AM. WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN THE CITY OF MANISTEE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. LAT...LON 4418 8638 4417 8592 4444 8626 $$ JZ
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KAPX 240909 FFSAPX MIC101-241045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 509 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MANISTEE COUNTY UNTIL 645 AM... AT 500 AM EDT...MANISTEE COUNTY CENTRAL DISPATCH REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN THE CITY OF MANISTEE. MANY VEHICLES WERE STALLED OUT IN ONE TO TWO FEET OF FLOWING WATER ON CITY STREETS. FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MANY BASEMENTS...AS WELL AS IN THE FIRST FLOOR OF A HOTEL IN THE CITY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA...THOUGH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. EVEN WITHOUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM IN THE CITY OF MANISTEE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE MANISTEE AREA SINCE 330 AM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER ON A ROADWAY...TURN AROUND AND SEEK ANOTHER ROUTE. WATCH FOR AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HAVE WASHED OUT ROADS. $$ JZ
000 WGUS73 KAPX 241000 FFSAPX MIC101-241045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 559 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MANISTEE COUNTY UNTIL 645 AM... AT 555 AM EDT...MANISTEE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING CONTINUING IN THE CITY OF MANISTEE. WATER CONTINUED TO COVER MANY CITY STREETS. FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE BASEMENTS OF MANY HOMES. NO RAIN IS OCCURRING IN THE MANISTEE AREA AT 555 AM...HOWEVER IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR FLOOD WATERS TO DRAIN AWAY. IN ADDITION...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF GREEN BAY WISCONSIN WAS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST...AND COULD IMPACT MANISTEE AFTER 7 AM. THOUGH HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS LINE SHOULD BE BRIEF...IT MAY STILL EXACERBATE EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED LATER THIS MORNING. 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. $$ JZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 57 min | |
| Jul 24, 3:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 64 min | |
| Jul 24, 4:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Manistee | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 6:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 113 min | |
| Jul 24, 6:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Crawford, Kalkaska | 47 min |
| Jul 24, 6:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Manistee | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 7:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Roscommon | 38 min |
| Jul 24, 7:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 86 min | |
| Jul 24, 8:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 83 min | |
| Jul 24, 8:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Gladwin | 41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.