Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 4:02 PM EDT for Missaukee County, Roscommon County, Michigan. It was in force for 43 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
- Oct 18, 2007, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Missaukee County, MI, Roscommon County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KAPX 182004
TORAPX
MIC113-143-182045-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0005.071018T2002Z-071018T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
402 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MISSAUKEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
ROSCOMMON COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR VOGEL CENTER...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE CITY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
VOGEL CENTER...YOUNG STATE PARK AND FALMOUTH AROUND 410 PM EDT...
MODDERSVILLE AROUND 415 PM EDT...
HIGGINS LAKE...SOUTH HIGGINS LAKE STATE AND SOUTH HIGGINS LAKE
STATE PARK AROUND 440 PM EDT...
NORTH HIGGINS LAKE PARK AROUND 445 PM EDT...
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 4417 8490 4418 8511 4425 8510 4451 8493
4451 8440 4417 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 218DEG 36KT 4414 8510
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS34 KAPX 182018
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
418 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
MIC113-143-182045-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071018T2045Z/
MISSAUKEE MI-ROSCOMMON MI-
418 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR ROSCOMMON
AND MISSAUKEE COUNTIES...
AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MODDERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF
HOUGHTON LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MERRITT AROUND 425 PM EDT...
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOUGHTON LAKE AROUND 430 PM EDT...
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROSCOMMON COUNTY AIRPORT AROUND 435 PM EDT...
HIGGINS LAKE...NORTH HIGGINS LAKE PARK...SOUTH HIGGINS LAKE STATE
AND SOUTH HIGGINS LAKE STATE PARK AROUND 445 PM EDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4422 8494 4423 8503 4427 8506 4451 8493
4451 8440 4424 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 218DEG 36KT 4427 8496
$$000
WWUS34 KAPX 182046
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
445 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
MIC113-143-182055-
/O.EXP.KAPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071018T2045Z/
MISSAUKEE MI-ROSCOMMON MI-
445 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ROSCOMMON AND MISSAUKEE COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...
AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE ROTATION IN THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD
WEAKENED. THE WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN
PART OF THE COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 4422 8494 4423 8503 4427 8506 4451 8493
4451 8440 4424 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 218DEG 36KT 4448 8473
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Kalkaska | 54 min |
| Oct 18, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Charlevoix, Otsego | 37 min |
| Oct 18, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Crawford, Roscommon | 32 min |
| Oct 18, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan | 61 min |
| Oct 18, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Cheboygan, Presque Isle | 38 min |
| Oct 18, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Alpena, Montmorency, Presque Isle | 26 min |
| Oct 18, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 41 min | |
| Oct 18, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Leelanau | 40 min |
| Oct 18, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 87 min | |
| Oct 18, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Crawford, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Roscommon | 41 min |
| Oct 18, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet | 65 min |
| Oct 18, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 64 min | |
| Oct 18, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Manistee | 45 min |
| Oct 18, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Charlevoix, Kalkaska, Otsego | 52 min |
| Oct 18, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan, Montmorency, Otsego, Presque Isle | 23 min |
| Oct 18, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Manistee, Missaukee, Wexford | 56 min |
| Oct 18, 7:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Antrim, Kalkaska | 41 min |
| Oct 18, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Crawford, Oscoda, Roscommon | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.