Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 6:28 PM EDT for Alpena County, Montmorency County, Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 26 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
- Oct 18, 2007, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 6:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Alpena County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 6:40 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Nne Long Rapids, MI | TORNADO ON THE GROUND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 459 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 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 182228 TORAPX MIC007-119-141-182315- /O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0007.071018T2228Z-071018T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 628 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... MONTMORENCY COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... ALPENA COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 626 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LONG RAPIDS...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF LACHINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CATHRO... POSEN... LAKEWOOD... THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4500 8382 4511 8396 4529 8374 4518 8336 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 219DEG 28KT 4512 8378 $$
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS34 KAPX 182233
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
632 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
MIC119-182242-
/O.CAN.KAPX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-071018T2315Z/
MONTMORENCY MI-
632 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MONTMORENCY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4505 8373 4517 8383 4529 8374 4521 8347
4520 8346 4519 8339 4518 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 219DEG 28KT 4514 8375
$$
MIC007-141-182315-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-071018T2315Z/
PRESQUE ISLE MI-ALPENA MI-
632 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR ALPENA
AND PRESQUE ISLE COUNTIES...
AT 631 PM EDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A
TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF M-32 BETWEEN HILLMAN AND LACHINE AT 626 PM.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LONG RAPIDS...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF
LACHINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CATHRO...
POSEN...
LAKEWOOD...
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 4505 8373 4517 8383 4529 8374 4521 8347
4520 8346 4519 8339 4518 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 219DEG 28KT 4514 8375
$$000
WWUS34 KAPX 182242
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
640 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
MIC007-141-182315-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-071018T2315Z/
PRESQUE ISLE MI-ALPENA MI-
640 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR ALPENA
AND PRESQUE ISLE COUNTIES...
AT 639 PM EDT...SEVERAL SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO AROUND THE
LACHINE AND CATHRO AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF
DAMAGE IN THIS AREA. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LONG RAPIDS...OR
ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF LACHINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POSEN...
LAKEWOOD...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4505 8373 4517 8383 4529 8374 4521 8347
4520 8346 4519 8339 4518 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 223DEG 27KT 4518 8369
$$000
WWUS34 KAPX 182254
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
654 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
MIC007-141-182304-
/O.CAN.KAPX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-071018T2315Z/
PRESQUE ISLE MI-ALPENA MI-
654 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ALPENA AND PRESQUE ISLE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THE
WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELLED.
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 4505 8373 4517 8383 4529 8374 4521 8347
4520 8346 4519 8339 4518 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 223DEG 27KT 4526 8359
$$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, 4:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Missaukee, Roscommon | 43 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, 6:41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.