Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2008, 4:06 PM EDT for Gladwin County, Michigan. It was in force for 114 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2008, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Gladwin County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 817 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 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 222006 FFWAPX MIC051-222200- /O.NEW.KAPX.FF.W.0013.080722T2006Z-080722T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 406 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GLADWIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 359 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN GLADWIN COUNTY. EARLIER...FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON SUGAR RIVER ROAD WEST OF LEATONVILLE ROAD. LOCAL ROAD COMMISSIONS HAVE REPORTED THAT SEVERAL ROADS HAVE WASHED OUT OVER THE LAST HOUR...ESPECIALLY IN BUTMAN TOWNSHIP. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOWMANVILLE AND SUGAR SPRINGS. 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 SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. 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 4401 8455 4417 8462 4417 8418 4402 8429 $$ JZ
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KAPX 222038 FFSAPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 438 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008 MIC051-222200- /O.CON.KAPX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080722T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GLADWIN MI- 438 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR GLADWIN COUNTY... AT 432 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN NORTHERN GLADWIN COUNTY. SEVERAL REPORTS OF WASHOUTS WERE RECEIVED. EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON...SUGAR RIVER ROAD WAS FLOODED JUST WEST OF LEATONVILLE ROAD. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOWMANVILLE AND SUGAR SPRINGS. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN MUCH OF BUTMAN TOWNSHIP BETWEEN 1 AND 3 PM. FLOODING IS BELIEVED TO BE ONGOING ON SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA. IN PARTICULAR...HIGH WATER IS POSSIBLE ON THE SUGAR RIVER AND ON THE WEST BRANCH OF THE TITTABAWASSEE RIVER. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4401 8455 4417 8462 4417 8418 4402 8429 $$ JZ
000 WGUS73 KAPX 222112 FFSAPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 512 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008 MIC051-222200- /O.CON.KAPX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080722T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GLADWIN MI- 512 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR GLADWIN COUNTY... AT 510 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN NORTHERN GLADWIN COUNTY. SEVERAL REPORTS OF WASHOUTS WERE RECEIVED. EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON...SUGAR RIVER ROAD WAS FLOODED JUST WEST OF LEATONVILLE ROAD. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOWMANVILLE AND SUGAR SPRINGS. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN MUCH OF BUTMAN TOWNSHIP BETWEEN 1 AND 3 PM. FLOODING IS BELIEVED TO BE ONGOING ON SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA. IN PARTICULAR...HIGH WATER IS POSSIBLE ON THE SUGAR RIVER AND ON THE WEST BRANCH OF THE TITTABAWASSEE RIVER. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GAYLORD. LAT...LON 4401 8455 4417 8462 4417 8418 4402 8429 $$ JZ
000 WGUS73 KAPX 222203 FFSAPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 603 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008 MIC051-222208- /O.EXP.KAPX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080722T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GLADWIN MI- 603 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 600 PM EDT FOR GLADWIN COUNTY... LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT FLOODING IN THE NORTH END OF GLADWIN COUNTY HAS RECEDED IN MOST PLACES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPED AFTER 215 PM THIS AFTERNOON...AS BUTMAN TOWNSHIP PICKED UP 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 1 AND 3 PM. SUBSTANTIAL ROADBED EROSION IMPACTED HOCKADAY ROAD...RITCHIE ROAD...CEMETERY ROAD...AND BUTMAN ROAD. NO ROADS IN THE AREA ARE KNOWN TO BE FULLY CLOSED AT THIS TIME...BUT SOME LANES ARE RESTRICTED DUE TO ROADBED EROSION. TRAVELERS SHOULD OBEY ALL POSTED BARRICADES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING AT NIGHT...WHEN IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO SEE ERODED ROADWAYS AND SHOULDERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 4401 8455 4417 8462 4417 8418 4402 8429 $$ JZ
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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.