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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 12, 2008Wexford County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2008, 11:18 PM EDT for Wexford County, Michigan. It was in force for 6 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 12, 2008, 11:18 PM EDT (03:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2008, 5:15 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2008-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 154 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2008-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1300 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KAPX 130320
FFWAPX
MIC165-130915-
/O.NEW.KAPX.FF.W.0002.080613T0318Z-080613T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1118 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEXFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 515 AM EDT

* AT 1116 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN 
OVER THIS REGION BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS 
EXPECTED AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OVER 
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

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.

LAT...LON 4417 8582 4451 8582 4451 8534 4417 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 180DEG 0KT 4435 8561

$$

MPC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX92 min
Jun 12, 9:18 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXManistee57 min
Jun 12, 9:51 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXWexford39 min
Jun 12, 10:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX89 min
Jun 12, 10:31 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXMissaukee, Wexford59 min
Jun 12, 10:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse, Kalkaska, Wexford54 min
Jun 12, 10:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAPXManistee6 hr
Jun 12, 11:23 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXKalkaska, Missaukee, Wexford52 min
Jun 12, 11:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Missaukee, Roscommon, Wexford57 min
Jun 12, 11:40 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXMissaukee, Wexford50 min
Jun 12, 11:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX97 min
Jun 13, 12:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAPXMissaukee6 hr
Jun 13, 12:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee, Roscommon66 min
Jun 13, 1:08 AM EDTTornado WarningAPXMissaukee, Roscommon52 min
Jun 13, 1:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX54 min
Jun 13, 1:39 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX96 min
Jun 13, 1:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Manistee, Missaukee and 1 more60 min
Jun 13, 2:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee, Ogemaw, Roscommon57 min
Jun 13, 2:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Oscoda, Roscommon35 min
Jun 13, 3:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX97 min
Jun 13, 4:40 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX95 min
Jun 13, 4:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAPXManistee, Missaukee, Wexford6 hr
Jun 13, 10:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAPXManistee, Wexford6 hr
Jun 13, 11:31 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningAPXWexford4 days
Jun 13, 3:52 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAPXManistee, Wexford66 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008

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.