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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Gaylord, MI
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.
- 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
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
$$
JK1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KAPX 080103
FFSAPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
859 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2005
MIC019-080130-
BENZIE MI-
859 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BENZIE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
RAINFALL ACROSS BENZIE COUNTY HAS SLOWED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF
HOURS WITH NO FLOODING REPORTED. AS A RESULT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
WITH LIGHT RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS BENZIE COUNTY AND THE PLATTE RIVER
AT HONOR INDICATING RIVER LEVELS CONTINUING TO RISE SOME FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG THE PLATTE
RIVER OR OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE AWARE OF RIVER LEVELS AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 4453 8622 4452 8583 4477 8582 4476 8601
4469 8624
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 8:36 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 84 min | |
| Sep 7, 9:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 63 min | |
| Sep 7, 9:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Leelanau | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 11:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau | 58 min |
| Sep 7, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Benzie | 24 min |
| Sep 7, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Manistee | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 91 min | |
| Sep 7, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Manistee | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 96 min | |
| Sep 7, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona | 45 min |
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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.