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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 7, 2005Benzie County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 2005, 6:00 PM EDT for Benzie 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
Sep 7, 2005, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2005, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Benzie County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 870 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
870 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 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 072208
FFWAPX
MIC019-080100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
600 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HONOR...BENZONIA AND FRANKFORT.

DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 4 AND 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN 
HAVE FALLEN OVER THIS REGION SINCE LATE THIS MORNING.  HEAVY RAIN 
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS 
EVENING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED.  

THE RIVER GAGE AT HONOR ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER HAS SHOWN RISES OF 
NEARLY ONE FOOT OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS.  IF YOU LIVE ALONG THE 
PLATTE RIVER OR OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREA...YOU SHOULD PREPARE TO SEEK 
HIGHER GROUND.   

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
GAYLORD.

LAT...LON 4453 8622 4452 8583 4477 8582 4476 8601
      4469 8624

$$
JK
1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KAPX 080103
FFSAPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
859 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2005

MIC019-080130-
BENZIE MI-
859 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BENZIE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

RAINFALL ACROSS BENZIE COUNTY HAS SLOWED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF 
HOURS WITH NO FLOODING REPORTED. AS A RESULT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

WITH LIGHT RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS BENZIE COUNTY AND THE PLATTE RIVER 
AT HONOR INDICATING RIVER LEVELS CONTINUING TO RISE SOME FLOODING IS 
POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG THE PLATTE 
RIVER OR OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE AWARE OF RIVER LEVELS AND BE 
PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 4453 8622 4452 8583 4477 8582 4476 8601
      4469 8624

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 8:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX84 min
Sep 7, 9:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX63 min
Sep 7, 9:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXLeelanau36 min
Sep 7, 11:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau58 min
Sep 7, 12:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie24 min
Sep 7, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXManistee31 min
Sep 7, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX91 min
Sep 7, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona28 min
Sep 7, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXManistee44 min
Sep 7, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX96 min
Sep 7, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona45 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.