Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2007, 4:18 PM EDT for Alpena County, Michigan. It was in force for 117 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2007, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2007, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Alpena County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 5, 4:28 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Alpena, MI | 2.17 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 50 MINUTES |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KAPX 052020 FFWAPX MIC007-052215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 418 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ALPENA COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 414 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A BAND FROM NEAR LONG RAPIDS...TO THE ALPENA REGIONAL AIRPORT...AND ON TO THE CITY OF ALPENA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING FURTHER WEST AND NORTHWEST...AND WILL BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TO THE SAME AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LONG RAPIDS...LACHINE...CATHRO AND ALPENA. 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 4508 8386 4493 8345 4512 8328 4520 8381 $$ JZ
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KAPX 052042 FFSAPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 442 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2007 MIC007-052215- ALPENA MI- 442 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR ALPENA COUNTY... AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR LACHINE AND LONG RAPIDS...TO THE ALPENA AIRPORT AND PARTRIDGE POINT. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN LONG RAPIDS AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF ALPENA. THE ALPENA AIRPORT MEASURED 2.40 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR THROUGH 440 PM. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THIS AREA WILL LIKELY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND FLOOD. AFFECTED CREEKS AND STREAMS INCLUDE...BEAR CREEK...KING CREEK... MCLARY CREEK...AND THE LOWER REACHES OF THE LOWER SOUTH BRANCH OF THE THUNDER BAY RIVER. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. LAT...LON 4508 8386 4493 8345 4512 8328 4520 8381 $$ JZ
000 WGUS73 KAPX 052125 FFSAPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 525 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2007 MIC007-052215- ALPENA MI- 525 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR ALPENA COUNTY... AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ALPENA WERE SLOWLY WEAKENING AND MOVING SOUTHWARD. HOWEVER...VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL LATE THIS AFTERNOON FROM LONG RAPIDS AND LACHINE...TO THE ALPENA AIRPORT AND THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF ALPENA. RUNOFF PROBLEMS ARE STILL LIKELY FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THIS REGION. THE ALPENA AIRPORT MEASURED 2.57 INCHES OF RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. AFFECTED CREEKS AND STREAMS INCLUDE...BEAR CREEK...KING CREEK... MCLARY CREEK...AND THE LOWER REACHES OF THE LOWER SOUTH BRANCH OF THE THUNDER BAY RIVER. LAT...LON 4503 8385 4489 8343 4512 8328 4520 8381 $$ JZ
000 WGUS73 KAPX 052154 FFSAPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 553 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2007 MIC007-052215- ALPENA MI- 553 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR ALPENA COUNTY... AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...NEAR AND WEST OF LACHINE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM...WHEN COMBINED WITH THE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL FROM LONG RAPIDS AND LACHINE EASTWARD TO ALPENA AIRPORT AND PARTRIDGE POINT...WILL MAINTAIN A THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER...AT 545 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NO ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4503 8385 4489 8343 4512 8328 4520 8381 $$ JZ
000 WGUS73 KAPX 052214 FFSAPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 613 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2007 MIC007-052223- ALPENA MI- 613 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT FOR ALPENA COUNTY... AT 610 PM...ALPENA COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED NO FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING...WITH LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO HALF AN INCH. THIS SHOULD NOT RESULT IN FLOODING PROBLEMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 4503 8385 4489 8343 4512 8328 4520 8381 $$ JZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Chippewa | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 46 min | |
| Jul 5, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Montmorency | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 87 min | |
| Jul 5, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 50 min | |
| Jul 5, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac | 14 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
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.