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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2005, 6:43 AM EDT for Manistee 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
- Jul 24, 2005, 6:43 AM EDT (10:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2005, 9:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 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), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:43 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 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.
- 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 241043 FFWAPX MIC101-241345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 643 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 945 AM EDT * AT 638 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING CONTINUING IN SOUTHWEST MANISTEE COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EASTLAKE...PARKDALE...MANISTEE...NORWALK...ONEKAMA...PIERPORT AND BRETHREN. FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE CITY OF MANISTEE...WITH MANY STREETS STILL UNDER A FOOT OR MORE OF WATER. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN IN THE AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 8 AM...WHICH COULD CAUSE ANOTHER RAPID RISE IN FLOOD WATERS. 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. THIS EXTENDS THE EARLIER FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MANISTEE. LAT...LON 4418 8639 4418 8583 4448 8625 $$ JZ
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KAPX 241207 FFSAPX MIC101-241345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 807 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MANISTEE COUNTY UNTIL 945 AM... AT 750 AM EDT...MANISTEE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED CONTINUED FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE CITY OF MANISTEE. STREET FLOODING HAD DIMINISHED...BUT WAS STILL ONGOING IN SPOTS. NO HEAVY RAIN IS IMMINENT...AND FLOOD WATERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY RECEDE THIS MORNING. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER ON A ROADWAY...TURN AROUND AND SEEK ANOTHER ROUTE. WATCH FOR AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HAVE WASHED OUT ROADS. $$ JZ
000 WGUS73 KAPX 241305 FFSAPX MIC101-241315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 905 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MANISTEE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 905 AM EDT...MANISTEE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NO KNOWN FLOODING PROBLEMS ON STREETS AND ROADS IN SOUTHERN MANISTEE COUNTY. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TRAVELERS SHOULD STILL USE CAUTION THIS MORNING...AS THERE MAY BE LINGERING STANDING WATER IN PLACES THAT DRAIN POORLY. $$ 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, 4:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Manistee | 2 hr |
| 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, 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
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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.