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Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this areal flood warning at Jun 23, 2017, 4:59 AM EDT for Gladwin 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 2017, 4:59 AM EDT (08:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Gladwin County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 1203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
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 Jun 23, 3:31 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 3:31 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 3:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Gaylord MI 339 AM EDT Fri Jun 23 2017 LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041- 042-241200- Straits of Mackinac within 5 nm of Mackinac Bridge including Mackinac Island-St Ignace to False Detour Channel- 5NM East of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Light MI including Bois Blanc Island- Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Pt MI Including Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary-Sturgeon Pt to Alabaster MI- Grand Traverse Bay south of a line Grand Traverse Light to Norwood MI-Seul Choix Point to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge- Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge including Little Traverse Bay-Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI- Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI- Manistee to Point Betsie MI- Whitefish Bay (U.S. Portion)/Whitefish Point to Point Iroquois MI- St. Marys River Point Iroquois to E. Potagannissing Bay-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- 339 AM EDT Fri Jun 23 2017 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. Scattered thunderstorms producing rainfall rates to near one inch per hour will continue through early this morning across portions of Arenac and Gladwin counties. Considerable ponding of water on area roadways and poor drainage areas is expected. A quick rise in river levels is also anticipated. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Thunderstorms are again possible across portions of the outlook area this weekend, especially during the afternoon hours. Additional thunderstorms are possible across the outlooks area Wednesday and Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather and rainfall amounts to the National Weather Service. Reports may be made one of three ways: Online: weather.gov/gaylord Facebook: facebook.com/nwsgaylord Twitter: twitter.com/nwsgaylord && For more information visit http://weather.gov/gaylord. msb
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Gladwin | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | APX | Gladwin | 15 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | APX | Arenac | 56 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2017Every areal flood warning in 2017
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.