Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2007, 5:22 PM EDT for Genesee County, Michigan. It was in force for 53 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
- Aug 24, 2007, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2007, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Genesee County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 KDTX 242122 TORDTX MIC049-242215- /O.NEW.KDTX.TO.W.0013.070824T2122Z-070824T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 522 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GENESEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF SWARTZ CREEK...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF OWOSSO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FLUSHING...SWARTZ CREEK AND 9 MILES NORTH OF RANKIN BY 530 PM EDT... FLINT...MOUNT MORRIS AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF CLIO BY 540 PM EDT... GENESEE AND BURTON BY 545 PM EDT... DAVISON BY 550 PM EDT... OTISVILLE BY 555 PM EDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. PEOPLE IN THE PROJECTED PATH OF THE TORNADO SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE INSIDE A BASEMENT...OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. LAT...LON 4316 8393 4287 8392 4289 8346 4320 8346 $$ DRC / SHULER
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDTX 242134
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
535 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
MIC049-242215-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070824T2215Z/
GENESEE MI-
535 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR GENESEE
COUNTY...
AT 532 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR SWARTZ CREEK...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF FLINT...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RANKIN BY 540 PM EDT...
FLINT AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT MORRIS BY 545 PM EDT...
BURTON...GRAND BLANC AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF GENESEE BY 555 PM EDT...
ATLAS BY 600 PM EDT...
DAVISON AND GOODRICH BY 605 PM EDT...
SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING...ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE...AND AVOID WINDOWS.
PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS.
LAT...LON 4288 8369 4281 8370 4279 8369 4279 8389
4278 8392 4303 8392 4304 8393 4322 8392
4322 8346 4289 8346
$$
SHULER000
WWUS53 KDTX 242150
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
550 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
MIC049-242215-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070824T2215Z/
GENESEE MI-
550 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR GENESEE
COUNTY...
AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR FENTON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOWELL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND BLANC BY 605 PM EDT...
GOODRICH AND ATLAS BY 610 PM EDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID
WINDOWS.
PEOPLE IN THE PROJECTED PATH OF THE TORNADO SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY. MOVE INSIDE A BASEMENT...OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR.
LAT...LON 4288 8369 4281 8369 4278 8368 4278 8392
4305 8393 4310 8345 4289 8346
$$
SHULER000
WWUS53 KDTX 242207
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
607 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
MIC049-242217-
/O.EXP.KDTX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070824T2215Z/
GENESEE MI-
607 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GENESEE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE COUNTY. THUS...THE WARNING
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 639 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
EDT.
RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4288 8369 4281 8369 4278 8368 4278 8392
4305 8393 4310 8345 4289 8346
$$
SHULERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb | 54 min |
| Aug 23, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland, Wayne | 57 min |
| Aug 23, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 12:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 35 min | |
| Aug 24, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Livingston | 59 min |
| Aug 24, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 68 min |
| Aug 24, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee | 66 min |
| Aug 24, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 23 min |
| Aug 24, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland | 85 min |
| Aug 24, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Livingston | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 70 min |
| Aug 24, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Wayne | 90 min |
| Aug 24, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 84 min | |
| Aug 24, 5:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Oakland | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 72 min |
| Aug 24, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb | 68 min |
| Aug 24, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Monroe | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 60 min | |
| Aug 24, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 62 min |
| Aug 24, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 34 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.