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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

April 14, 201414 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this areal flood warning at Apr 14, 2014, 7:50 AM EDT for 14 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2014, 7:50 AM EDT (11:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2014, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Alcona County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Apr 14, 7:14 AM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 7:14 AM EDT, 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 4:21 AM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
421 AM EDT MON APR 14 2014

LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042-
151130-
STRAITS OF MACKINAC-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL-
MACKINAC BRDG TO PRESQUE ISLE LT-PRESQUE ISLE LT TO STURGEON PT-
STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY-
SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG-
SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-PT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT-
MANISTEE TO PT BETSIE-WHITEFISH BAY-ST. MARYS RIVER-CHIPPEWA-
MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-
OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-
OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-
GLADWIN-ARENAC-
421 AM EDT MON APR 14 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN...LAKE HURON AND LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK...BEFORE
INTENSITIES FALL OFF THROUGH THE MORNING...AND RAIN ALSO CHANGES
OVER OR MIX WITH SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. WHEN COMBINED WITH PREVIOUS
RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT...LOWLAND AND RIVER FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE...AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS WATCHES FOR FURTHER
DETAILS...OR VISIT US ONLINE AT WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD...OR ON
FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN SWOLLEN WITH LOWLAND FLOODING INTO
MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AT ANY TIME THROUGH MONDAY...WITH SNOW REPORTS
WELCOME MONDAY AND TUESDAY. REPORTS MAY BE MADE IN ONE OF THREE WAYS:

ONLINE: WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD

FACEBOOK: FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.GAYLORD.GOV

TWITTER: TWITTER.COM/NWSGAYLORD

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD.

SMD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 2:42 AM EDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
242 AM EDT MON APR 14 2014

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0235 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NNW WELLSTON          44.23N 85.96W
04/14/2014  M1.87 INCH       MANISTEE           MI   MESONET

            MESONET STATION 1 NNW WELLSTON /EW0269/
            HEAVY RAIN DURATION 12 HOURS

0159 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NE WELLSTON           44.22N 85.94W
04/14/2014  M1.52 INCH       MANISTEE           MI   MESONET

            MESONET STATION 1 ENE WELLSTON /WLLM4/ HEAVY
            RAIN DURATION 12 HOURS

0213 AM     HEAVY RAIN       MANTON                  44.42N 85.40W
04/14/2014  M1.22 INCH       WEXFORD            MI   MESONET

            MESONET STATION MANTON /MTNM4/ HEAVY RAIN
            DURATION 12 HOURS

0224 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 SSW MANISTEE          44.23N 86.34W
04/14/2014  M1.03 INCH       MANISTEE           MI   MESONET

            MESONET STATION 1 SSW MANISTEE /DW9113/
            HEAVY RAIN DURATION 12 HOURS

&&

NWS GAYLORD MI
IRIS SYSTEM
Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:58 AM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
658 AM EDT MON APR 14 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0657 AM     HEAVY RAIN       11 N LAKE CITY          44.49N 85.21W
04/14/2014  M2.17 INCH       MISSAUKEE          MI   SPOTTER

            24HR TOTAL THRU 630 AM.

&&

BERGER
Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:22 AM EDT, 28 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:26 AM EDT, 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 8:03 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAPXAlcona, Arenac, Benzie, Crawford, Gladwin, Grand Traverse and 8 more12 hr
Apr 14, 4:57 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAPXAlcona, Arenac, Benzie, Charlevoix, Crawford, Gladwin and 9 more48 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2014Every areal flood warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.