Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2007, 4:15 PM EDT for Branch County, Michigan; Steuben County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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 25, 2007, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2007, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Steuben County, IN, Branch County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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 25, 5:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Angola, IN | WATER 1 FOOT DEEP ON SIDE ROADS IN THE CITY OF ANGOLA |
| Jul 25, 5:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lake James, IN | SOME CAMPSITES FLOODED...HAD TO DIG TRENCHES AROUND CAMPSITES TO PREVENT MORE FLOODING |
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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 252017
FFWIWX
INC151-MIC023-260215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
415 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
STEUBEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
BRANCH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 407 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 1.86 INCHES OF
RAINFALL IN WESTERN STEUBEN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THROUGH 530 PM. RUNOFF FROM
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...
CREEKS AND CITY DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COLDWATER...ANGOLA...EAST GILEAD...LAKE JAMES...FREMONT AND
KINDERHOOK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED 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.
LAT...LON 4154 8519 4154 8481 4177 8487 4207 8484
4208 8529 4176 8520
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KIWX 252205
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
602 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2007
INC151-MIC023-260215-
STEUBEN IN-BRANCH MI-
602 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR
BRANCH AND STEUBEN COUNTIES...
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COLDWATER...COLDWATER LAKE...KINDERHOOK...EAST GILEAD...NEVADA
MILLS...LAKE JAMES...POKAGON STATE PARK...JAMESTOWN....AND ANGOLA.
RADAR ESTIMATES OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS
SOUTHERN BRANCH AND NORTHERN STEUBEN COUNTY AS OF 6 PM. THE HEAVIEST
RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG AND JUST WEST OF INTERSTATE 69. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS. BEWARE OF FLOODED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING LOW SPOTS ON
INTERSTATE 69 AND THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD BETWEEN MILE MARKER 140 AND
150.
IF YOU HAVE FLOODING TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4154 8519 4154 8481 4177 8487 4207 8484
4208 8529 4176 8520
$$000
WGUS73 KIWX 260221
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1018 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2007
INC151-MIC023-260230-
STEUBEN IN-BRANCH MI-
1018 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR BRANCH AND STEUBEN
COUNTIES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND
4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS SOUTHERN BRANCH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN STEUBEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA.
HIGH WATER COLLECTED IN THE STREETS OF ANGOLA AND CAMPSITES WERE
FLOODED IN POKAGON STATE PARK. THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR THE
NIGHT AND ANY HIGH WATER WILL RECEDE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
NIGHT.
IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL FLOODING TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4154 8519 4154 8481 4177 8487 4207 8484
4208 8529 4176 8520
$$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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.