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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT for Gladwin County, Michigan. It was in force for 98 min. 2 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
- Aug 19, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2012, 6:38 PM EDT
- In force
- 98 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Gladwin County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 5:26 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.9 | Gladwin, MI | 1.5 HOUR TOTAL MEASURED ON THE EAST SIDE OF GLADWIN. SPOTTER REPORTED SOME STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS FLOODED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY. |
| Aug 19, 5:31 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.36 | Gladwin, MI |
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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
161 WGUS53 KAPX 192100 FFWAPX MIC051-200100- /O.NEW.KAPX.FF.W.0006.120819T2100Z-120820T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 500 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GLADWIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW NEW RAINFALL OVER THE PAST HOUR OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF GLADWIN COUNTY. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... GLADWIN...BEAVERTON...HOCKADAY...RHODES...SKEELS...WINEGARS AND WOODEN SHOE VILLAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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 4415 8419 4383 8418 4383 8460 4415 8460 $$
3 follow-up statements
820 WGUS73 KAPX 192158 FFSAPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 558 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012 MIC051-200100- /O.CON.KAPX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120820T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GLADWIN MI- 558 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GLADWIN COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 558 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW NEW RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF GLADWIN COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... GLADWIN...BEAVERTON...HOCKADAY...RHODES...SKEELS...WINEGARS AND WOODEN SHOE VILLAGE. AT 515 PM EDT...A SPOTTER IN GLADWIN REPORTED SOME STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS FLOODED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY OF GLADWIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 4415 8419 4383 8418 4383 8460 4415 8460 $$
623 WGUS73 KAPX 192159 FFSAPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 559 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012 MIC051-200100- /O.CON.KAPX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120820T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GLADWIN MI- 559 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GLADWIN COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 558 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW NEW RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF GLADWIN COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... GLADWIN...BEAVERTON...HOCKADAY...RHODES...SKEELS...WINEGARS AND WOODEN SHOE VILLAGE. AT 515 PM EDT...A SPOTTER IN GLADWIN REPORTED SOME STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS FLOODED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY OF GLADWIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH 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 4415 8419 4383 8418 4383 8460 4415 8460 $$
018 WGUS73 KAPX 192238 FFSAPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 638 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012 MIC051-192252- /O.CAN.KAPX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120820T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GLADWIN MI- 638 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT GLADWIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 4415 8419 4383 8418 4383 8460 4415 8460 $$
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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.