Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2005, 4:29 PM EST for Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 4 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 16, 2005, 4:29 PM EST (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2005, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cass County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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 16, 5:30 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Marcellus, MI | HIGHWAY 40 WAS FLOODED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 1281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 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 KIWX 162130 FFWIWX MIC027-170130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 529 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN CASS COUNTY IN MICHIGAN * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 527 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...MARCELLUS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. LAT...LON 4180 8597 4179 8577 4205 8577 4205 8597 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIWX 162245 FFSIWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 533 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005 MIC027-170130- CASS MI- 633 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR CASS COUNTY... LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MARCELLUS...WAKELEE AND VANDALIA AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 430 PM EDT OVER EASTERN CASS COUNTY MICHIGAN. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS NORTHEAST OF CASSOPOLIS AND NORTH OF VANDALIA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ALERT FOR RAPID RUNOFF AND QUICKLY RISING STREAMS. SOME ROADS MAY BE FLOODED IN THIS AREA. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4180 8597 4179 8577 4205 8577 4205 8597 $$ SKIP
000 WGUS73 KIWX 170107 FFSIWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 800 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005 MIC027-170110- CASS MI- 900 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CASS COUNTY MICHIGAN HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVE EAST OF THE AREA. HIGHWAY 40 WAS REPORTED FLOODED BY CASS COUNTY MICHIGAN SHERIFF DEPARTMENT. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN EASTERN CASS COUNTY MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. NO FURTHER REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND WATERS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RECEEDING. WITH STORMS WELL EAST OF THE AREA AND NO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. LAT...LON 4180 8597 4179 8577 4205 8577 4205 8597 $$ GLL
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.