Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 2025

Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 24, 2025Alpena County, Presque Isle County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2025, 3:00 PM EDT for Alpena County, Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 108 min. 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 24, 2025, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2025, 4:48 PM EDT
In force
108 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Alpena County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2025-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1673 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2025-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1673 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

428 
WGUS53 KAPX 241900
FFWAPX
MIC007-141-242200-
/O.NEW.KAPX.FF.W.0002.250724T1900Z-250724T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
300 PM EDT Thu Jul 24 2025

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Alpena County in northern Michigan...
  Southeastern Presque Isle County in northern Michigan...

* Until 600 PM EDT.

* At 300 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. 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, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Presque Isle Light, Presque Isle and Posen.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

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 4534 8348 4534 8347 4527 8338 4520 8340
      4512 8381 4518 8388 4519 8388 4520 8388
      4520 8391

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

FEF
1 follow-up statement
316 
WGUS73 KAPX 242048
FFSAPX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
448 PM EDT Thu Jul 24 2025

MIC007-141-242058-
/O.CAN.KAPX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250724T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Alpena MI-Presque Isle MI-
448 PM EDT Thu Jul 24 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN ALPENA AND 
SOUTHEASTERN PRESQUE ISLE COUNTIES...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

&&

LAT...LON 4534 8348 4534 8347 4527 8338 4520 8340
      4512 8381 4518 8388 4519 8388 4520 8388
      4520 8391

$$

FEF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX104 min
Jul 23, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX86 min
Jul 23, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Manistee, Wexford43 min
Jul 23, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX58 min
Jul 23, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Missaukee, Wexford41 min
Jul 23, 9:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX58 min
Jul 23, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXEmmet34 min
Jul 23, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXMackinac47 min
Jul 23, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXCheboygan42 min
Jul 23, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXKalkaska37 min
Jul 23, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXCrawford, Roscommon29 min
Jul 24, 2:42 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryAPXArenac, Gladwin, Iosco16 hr
Jul 24, 2:44 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX12 hr
Jul 24, 9:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX92 min
Jul 24, 10:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCharlevoix, Emmet42 min
Jul 24, 11:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Emmet, Mackinac50 min
Jul 24, 11:28 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX62 min
Jul 24, 11:34 AM EDTTornado WarningAPXCheboygan31 min
Jul 24, 12:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Otsego66 min
Jul 24, 12:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX44 min
Jul 24, 12:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX66 min
Jul 24, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXPresque Isle64 min
Jul 24, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX37 min
Jul 24, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX93 min
Jul 24, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXOgemaw40 min
Jul 24, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXPresque Isle38 min
Jul 24, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXGladwin30 min
Jul 24, 2:16 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX8 hr
Jul 24, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw58 min
Jul 24, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Jul 24, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX91 min
Jul 24, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX43 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2025Every flash flood warning in 2025

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.