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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2017, 6:03 PM EDT for Alcona County, Michigan. It was in force for 3 hr. 6 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 10, 2017, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Alcona County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:00 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 7 | Lincoln, MI | A SECOND RAIN GAUGE REPORT THIS TIME IN THE VILLAGE OF LINCOLN. |
| Jul 10, 7:22 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lincoln, MI | PUBLIC REPORTS BASEMENT FLOODING AND DITCHES OVERFLOWING AND COVERING ROADWAYS. |
| Jul 10, 7:27 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nw Lincoln, MI | PUBLIC REPORTS ROADWAY FLOODED. |
| Jul 10, 7:44 PM EDT | FLOOD | 1 Ene Lincoln, MI | HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PONDING OF WATER, OVER THE ROADS. ALONG BARLOW RD. IN LINCOLN. |
| Jul 10, 8:06 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nnw Lincoln, MI | GEHRES ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM QUICK ROAD TO FRENCH ROAD. |
| Jul 10, 8:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Se Lincoln, MI | WATER OVER ROADWAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
958 WGUS53 KAPX 102203 FFWAPX MIC001-110100- /O.NEW.KAPX.FF.W.0002.170710T2203Z-170711T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Gaylord MI 603 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017 The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Eastern Alcona County in northern Michigan... * Until 900 PM EDT * At 601 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated very slow moving thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is possible. * Some locations that may experience flooding include... Harrisville, Mikado, Lincoln, Barton City, Hubbard Lake and Lost Lake Woods. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate precautions to protect life and property. && LAT...LON 4454 8330 4459 8362 4480 8362 4478 8329 $$ ADAM
2 follow-up statements
687 WGUS73 KAPX 102329 FFSAPX Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Gaylord MI 729 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017 MIC001-110100- /O.CON.KAPX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170711T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Alcona MI- 729 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR EASTERN ALCONA COUNTY... At 722 PM EDT, Doppler radar estimates that 3 to 5 inches has fallen across portions of eastern Alcona county...particularly around the Lincoln area. Flash flooding is already occurring and the public has reported flooded roadways, ditches and some basement flooding in the Lincoln area. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Harrisville, Lincoln. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate precautions to protect life and property. && LAT...LON 4454 8330 4459 8362 4480 8362 4478 8329 $$ ADAM
343 WGUS73 KAPX 110053 FFSAPX Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Gaylord MI 853 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017 MIC001-110102- /O.EXP.KAPX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170711T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Alcona MI- 853 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN ALCONA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM EDT... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 4454 8330 4459 8362 4480 8362 4478 8329 $$ ADAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Alcona | 43 min |
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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.