Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2011, 12:35 AM EDT for Barry County, Michigan. It was in force for 9 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2011, 12:35 AM EDT (04:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2011, 9:47 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Barry County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 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 28, 7:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.7 | 4 Sse Middleville, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Jul 28, 7:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.01 | 3 Sse Middleville, MI | |
| Jul 28, 7:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.13 | Hastings, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Jul 28, 7:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.49 | 1 E Middleville, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Jul 28, 9:29 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.8 | 4 N Nashville, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
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 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
460 WGUS53 KGRR 280435 FFWGRR MIC015-281630- /O.NEW.KGRR.FF.W.0014.110728T0435Z-110728T1630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1235 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 1230 PM EDT * AT 1231 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHEAST BARRY COUNTY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. * RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TEMPORARILY BETWEEN 1 AND 3 AM. RAINFALL IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE BACK IN AFTER 3 AM...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO END UNTIL MID MORNING. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HASTINGS...MIDDLEVILLE...NASHVILLE...BOWENS MILL...CARLTON CENTER...CEDAR CREEK...CLOVERDALE...COATS GROVE...CROOKED LAKE... DOSTER...GUN LAKE...HASTINGS MUNI ARPT...MAPLE GROVE...MILO... PRAIRIEVILLE...QUIMBY...SCHULTZ...WELCOME CORNERS AND YANKEE SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. && LAT...LON 4277 8555 4277 8508 4242 8507 4242 8554 $$ NJJ
2 follow-up statements
294 WGUS73 KGRR 280851 FFSGRR FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 451 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2011 MIC015-281630- /O.CON.KGRR.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110728T1630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BARRY MI- 451 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BARRY COUNTY UNTIL 1230 PM EDT... AT 448 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL ACROSS THE COUNTY FELL NORTH OF A LINE FROM MIDDLEVILLE TO HASTINGS AND NASHVILLE. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THOSE AREAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS MORNING COULD EXCEED AN INCH UNDER SOME HEAVIER DOWNPOURS BEFORE THE RAINFALL TAPERS OFF THIS MORNING. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HASTINGS...MIDDLEVILLE...NASHVILLE...BOWENS MILL...CARLTON CENTER... CEDAR CREEK...CLOVERDALE...COATS GROVE...CROOKED LAKE...GUN LAKE... HASTINGS MUNI ARPT...MAPLE GROVE...MILO...PRAIRIEVILLE...QUIMBY... SCHULTZ...WELCOME CORNERS AND YANKEE SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4277 8555 4277 8508 4242 8507 4242 8554 $$ NJJ
119 WGUS73 KGRR 281347 FFSGRR FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 947 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2011 MIC015-281402- /O.CAN.KGRR.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110728T1630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BARRY MI- 947 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BARRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OFF THIS MORNING AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO BARRY COUNTY. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STANDING WATER MAY STILL BE IN PLACE OVER SOME AREAS ROADS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BARRY COUNTY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LAT...LON 4277 8555 4277 8508 4242 8507 4242 8554 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 2 hr | |
| Jul 27, 8:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 9 more | 32 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Barry, Eaton | 53 min |
| Jul 27, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 2 hr | |
| Jul 27, 10:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Eaton, Ingham, Jackson | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ingham | 68 min |
| Jul 27, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ottawa | 89 min |
| Jul 27, 10:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Kent | 10 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kent | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson | 11 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:47 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Kent | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Muskegon, Oceana | 115 min |
| Jul 28, 1:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Muskegon | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Gratiot, Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo | 8 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Eaton | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Eaton | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ionia | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ionia | 8 days |
| Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 17 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Barry | 30 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 7 hr |
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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.