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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2006, 9:25 AM EDT for Kalkaska County, Michigan. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 7, 2006, 9:25 AM EDT (13:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kalkaska County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:24 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 071326 FFWAPX MIC079-071700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 925 AM EDT WED JUN 7 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... KALKASKA COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN * UNTIL 100 PM EDT * AT 920 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO FOUR AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER NORTH CENTRAL KALKASKA COUNTY SINCE 530 AM EDT. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGH WATER LEADING TO THE CLOSING OF ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF RAPID RIVER...NEAR WOOD...SMITH...AND HOLLY ROADS. WATER WAS REPORTEDLY UP TO 2 FEET DEEP IN SOME LOCALES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KALKASKA...AND LEETSVILLE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 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. 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. LAT...LON 4453 8523 4452 8485 4485 8491 4483 8525 $$ SMITH
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KAPX 071553 FFSAPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1150 AM EDT WED JUN 7 2006 MIC079-071700- KALKASKA MI- 1150 AM EDT WED JUN 7 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR KALKASKA COUNTY... THOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF KALKASKA COUNTY... OFFICIALS IN KALKASKA COUNTY CONTINUE TO REPORT HIGH WATER LEADING TO THE CLOSING OF ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF RAPID RIVER...NEAR WOOD...SMITH...AND HOLLY ROADS. WATER WAS REPORTEDLY AS HIGH AS 2 FEET DEEP IN SOME LOCALES AS OF MID MORNING. A SECTION OF WOOD ROAD WAS PARTIALLY WASHED OUT...AND WILL BE OUT OF SERVICE INDEFINITELY. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO FOUR AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN OVER NORTH CENTRAL KALKASKA COUNTY SINCE 530 AM THIS MORNING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...AND STREETS AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 4464 8521 4464 8494 4485 8491 4484 8530 $$ SMITH
000 WGUS73 KAPX 071713 FFSAPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 110 PM EDT WED JUN 7 2006 MIC079-071800- KALKASKA MI- 110 PM EDT WED JUN 7 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KALKASKA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS KALKASKA COUNTY...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO FOUR AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER NORTH CENTRAL KALKASKA COUNTY BETWEEN 530 AM AND 1000 AM. THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING RESULTED IN HIGH WATER OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KALKASKA COUNTY. WATER WAS REPORTEDLY AS HIGH AS 2 FEET DEEP IN SOME LOCALES AS OF MID MORNING...AND A SECTION OF WOOD ROAD WAS PARTIALLY WASHED OUT. IN ADDITION...KALKASKA COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT WATER FROM THE RAPID RIVER WAS APPROACHING US-131 NORTH OF KALKASKA...AND THAT THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WAS ON THE SCENE. 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. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 4464 8521 4464 8494 4485 8491 4484 8530 $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Kalkaska | 117 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.