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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 7:49 PM EDT for Antrim County, Kalkaska County, Michigan. It was in force for 41 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, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Antrim County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 182351 TORAPX MIC009-079-190030- /O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0008.071018T2349Z-071019T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 749 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ANTRIM COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... KALKASKA COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DARRAGH...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF KALKASKA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ANTRIM... MANCELONA... AT 735 PM...THERE WAS AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF A TORNADO AT THE INTERSECTION OF CROFTON RD AND US-131. 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 4510 8514 4509 8488 4469 8508 4477 8530 TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 207DEG 45KT 4482 8513 $$ AJS
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS34 KAPX 190006 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 804 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 MIC009-079-190030- /O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-071019T0030Z/ ANTRIM MI-KALKASKA MI- 804 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR KALKASKA AND ANTRIM COUNTIES... AT 800 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANCELONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY... AT 740 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DAMAGE TO HOUSES AT THE INTERSECTION OF CROFTON ROAD AND US-131 FROM AN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4510 8514 4509 8488 4469 8508 4477 8530 TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 207DEG 45KT 4499 8501 $$ AJS
000 WWUS34 KAPX 190009 CCA SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 804 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 MIC009-079-190030- /O.COR.KAPX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-071019T0030Z/ ANTRIM MI-KALKASKA MI- 804 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR KALKASKA AND ANTRIM COUNTIES... AT 800 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANCELONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY... AT 740 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DAMAGE TO HOUSES AT THE INTERSECTION OF CROFTON ROAD AND US-131 FROM AN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO. 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 4510 8514 4509 8488 4469 8508 4477 8530 TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 207DEG 45KT 4499 8501 $$ AJS
000 WWUS34 KAPX 190025 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 825 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 MIC009-079-190035- /O.EXP.KAPX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-071019T0030Z/ ANTRIM MI-KALKASKA MI- 825 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR KALKASKA AND ANTRIM COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... AT 825 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD WEAKENED AND EXITED THE AREA. THE WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 4510 8514 4509 8488 4469 8508 4477 8530 TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 207DEG 45KT 4522 8484 $$
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, 6:28 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, 7:56 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.