Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2007, 4:10 PM EDT for Arenac County, Michigan. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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 9, 2007, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2007, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Arenac County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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 9, 4:15 PM EDT | TORNADO 0 | 3 Ne Standish, MI | 0.5 MILE PATH LENGTH NEAR WOLFE RD AND US-23. FUNNEL FORMED NEAR HUSAK RD. TOUCHDOWN JUST WEST OF WOLFE RD. PATH VERIFIED BY LIFENET HELICOPTER AND PATH SEEN THROUGH CORN FIELD NORTH OF US-23. TRAILER ROOF TORN OFF AT END OF PATH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 092010 TORAPX MIC011-092100- /O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0003.070709T2010Z-070709T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 410 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ARENAC COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OMER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF STANDISH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TURNER... AU GRES... THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR ARENAC COUNTY. 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 4414 8398 4396 8396 4399 8360 4417 8357 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS34 KAPX 092017 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 417 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007 MIC011-092100- /O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070709T2100Z/ ARENAC MI- 417 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR ARENAC COUNTY... AT 414 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OMER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AU GRES...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AU GRES... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4414 8398 4396 8396 4399 8360 4417 8357 $$
000 WWUS34 KAPX 092030 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 430 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007 MIC011-092100- /O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070709T2100Z/ ARENAC MI- 430 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR ARENAC COUNTY... AT 426 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AU GRES...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. AT 410 PM...SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE STERLING AREA. PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED. 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 4414 8398 4396 8396 4399 8360 4417 8357 $$
000 WWUS34 KAPX 092045 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 445 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007 MIC011-092055- /O.CAN.KAPX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070709T2100Z/ ARENAC MI- 445 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ARENAC COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXITED THE AREA. THE WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELLED. AT 410 PM...SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE STERLING AREA. PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED. LAT...LON 4414 8398 4396 8396 4399 8360 4417 8357 $$
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, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Gladwin | 19 min |
| Jul 9, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac | 64 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.