Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2012, 5:19 PM EDT for Branch County, Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 1, 2012, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Branch County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
971
WGUS53 KIWX 012119
FFWIWX
MIC023-059-020015-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0004.120701T2119Z-120702T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
519 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
SOUTHEASTERN BRANCH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA
WITH RAINFALL OVER 2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARBLE
LAKE...QUINCY...PITTSFORD...OSSEO...LAKE WILSON...LONG LAKE...BEAR
LAKE...READING AND HILLSDALE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NORTHERN INDIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 4190 8435 4175 8436 4171 8437 4170 8451
4174 8480 4176 8480 4176 8495 4177 8506
4196 8494
$$2 follow-up statements
315
WGUS73 KIWX 012243
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
643 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
MIC023-059-020015-
/O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120702T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HILLSDALE MI-BRANCH MI-
643 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BRANCH AND SOUTHERN HILLSDALE COUNTIES...
AT 635 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER... RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF NEARLY 3 INCHES WERE ESTIMATED BY RADAR BETWEEN 430 PM
AND 630 PM EDT OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. HEAVIEST RAINFALL
FELL IN THE SHADYSIDE AREA INCLUDING THE ANDERSON DRAIN... SILVER
CREEK... AND LAIRD CREEK.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KINDERHOOK...CALIFORNIA...MARBLE LAKE...COLDWATER
LAKE...QUINCY...PITTSFORD...OSSEO...CAMBRIA...LAKE WILSON...LONG
LAKE...BEAR LAKE...READING AND HILLSDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
IF YOU HAVE FLOODING TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 4190 8435 4175 8436 4171 8437 4170 8451
4174 8480 4176 8480 4176 8495 4177 8506
4196 8494
$$993
WGUS73 KIWX 020015
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
815 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
MIC023-059-020020-
/O.EXP.KIWX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120702T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HILLSDALE MI-BRANCH MI-
815 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
BRANCH AND SOUTHERN HILLSDALE COUNTIES...
RAIN ENDED ACROSS THE AREA AROUND 630 PM WITH NEARLY 3 INCHES
INDICATED BY RADAR IN A 2 HOUR PERIOD OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED
AREA. FLOODING CAUSED BY THE DOWNPOUR SHOULD HAVE RECEDED BY NOW...
SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4190 8435 4175 8436 4171 8437 4170 8451
4174 8480 4176 8480 4176 8495 4177 8506
4196 8494
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Saint Joseph | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale | 38 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.