Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2021, 3:16 PM CDT for Menominee County, Michigan. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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 14, 2021, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Menominee County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nnw Hermansville, MI | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WITH ESTIMATED PRECIPITATION OF AT LEAST 7 INCHES BASED FROM PHOTO SUBMISSION. RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. TIME ESTIMATED USING RADAR. |
| Jul 14, 3:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nw Hermansville, MI | PUBLIC IMAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF HERMANSVILLE GOLF COURSE WITH STANDING WATER ON COURSE. RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. TIME ESTIMATED USING RADAR. |
| Jul 14, 3:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Cunard, MI | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WITH ESTIMATED PRECIP AMT OF 8 INCHES. RADAR DUAL POL ESTIMATES RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES WITH LEGACY ESTIMATED AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 7 TO 9 INCHES. ROAD FLOODED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 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
- 579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
446
WGUS53 KMQT 142016
FFWMQT
MIC109-142315-
/O.NEW.KMQT.FF.W.0001.210714T2016Z-210714T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Marquette MI
316 PM CDT Wed Jul 14 2021
The National Weather Service in Marquette has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Menominee County in south central upper Michigan...
* Until 615 PM CDT.
* At 316 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2.5 and 5 inches of
rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, highways,
culverts, streets and underpasses as well as other
poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Powers, Hermansville, Wilson, Spalding and Cunard.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 4578 8770 4579 8766 4581 8754 4577 8739
4574 8736 4568 8743 4569 8757 4569 8771
4570 8780 4572 8780 4572 8775 4572 8771
4572 8770 4573 8770 4574 8770 4577 8770
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
RJC1 follow-up statement
509
WGUS73 KMQT 142141
FFSMQT
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Marquette MI
441 PM CDT Wed Jul 14 2021
MIC109-142315-
/O.CON.KMQT.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210714T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Menominee MI-
441 PM CDT Wed Jul 14 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHERN MENOMINEE COUNTY...
At 441 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 4 and 6 inches of rain have
fallen in a small area near Hermansville and north of US-2 west to
near Three Curve Park. Additional light rainfall of up to 0.5 inches
are possible in the warned area. Although heavy rain has ended,
flooding may continue for a couple hours while water recedes,
especially along the Little Cedar River.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, culverts,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Powers, Hermansville, Wilson, Spalding and Cunard.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 4578 8770 4579 8766 4581 8754 4577 8739
4574 8736 4568 8743 4569 8757 4569 8771
4570 8780 4572 8780 4572 8775 4572 8771
4572 8770 4573 8770 4574 8770 4577 8770
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
RJCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 12:03 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 27 min | |
| Jul 14, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Alger | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 1:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Alger | 21 min |
| Jul 14, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Schoolcraft | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Schoolcraft | 19 min |
| Jul 14, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Luce | 16 min |
| Jul 14, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Schoolcraft | 17 min |
| Jul 14, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Menominee | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 2:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MQT | Dickinson, Menominee | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Luce | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Luce | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Menominee | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Delta | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Luce | 19 min |
| Jul 14, 4:23 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 11 hr | |
| Jul 14, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Schoolcraft | 47 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.