Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2007, 3:50 PM EDT for Gladwin County, Michigan. It was in force for 19 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 9, 2007, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2007, 4:09 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gladwin County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 677 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1377 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KAPX 091951 TORAPX MIC051-092030- /O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0002.070709T1950Z-070709T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 350 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GLADWIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINEGARS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLADWIN... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... RHODES AROUND 355 PM EDT... AT 340 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR ROSS LAKE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4401 8441 4383 8437 4385 8417 4402 8417 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS34 KAPX 091959 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 359 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007 MIC051-092030- /O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070709T2030Z/ GLADWIN MI- 359 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR GLADWIN COUNTY... AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RHODES...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STERLING...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4401 8441 4383 8437 4385 8417 4402 8417 $$
000 WWUS34 KAPX 092009 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 407 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007 MIC051-092017- /O.CAN.KAPX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070709T2030Z/ GLADWIN MI- 407 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GLADWIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXITED THE AREA. THE WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELLED. AT 340 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR ROSS LAKE IN SOUTHERN GLADWIN COUNTY. THIS TORNADO HAS NOT YET BEEN CONFIRMED. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 4401 8441 4383 8437 4385 8417 4402 8417 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Charlevoix | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 60 min | |
| Jul 8, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Charlevoix, Emmet | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 89 min | |
| Jul 8, 11:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 42 min | |
| Jul 9, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Gladwin | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Arenac | 35 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.