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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2007, 4:23 PM EDT for Huron County, Michigan. It was in force for 30 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
- May 15, 2007, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2007, 4:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Huron County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 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 152023 TORDTX MIC063-152115- /O.NEW.KDTX.TO.W.0002.070515T2023Z-070515T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 423 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HURON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 421 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BAD AXE... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... VERONA AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF RAPSON BY 435 PM EDT... PARISVILLE BY 440 PM EDT... HELENA AND HARBOR BEACH BY 455 PM EDT... WHITE ROCK BY 500 PM EDT... 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 4384 8310 4368 8308 4372 8201 4393 8202 $$ OROW / SHULER
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDTX 152026 SVSDTX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 425 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007 MIC063-152115- /O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070515T2115Z/ HURON MI- 425 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR HURON COUNTY... AT 421 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BAD AXE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... VERONA AND RAPSON BY 435 PM EDT... 7 MILES NORTH OF PARISVILLE BY 445 PM EDT... HELENA BY 455 PM EDT... HARBOR BEACH BY 500 PM EDT... 9 MILES NORTH OF WHITE ROCK BY 505 PM EDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. AT 415 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED BASEBALL SIZED HAIL 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAD AXE. PEOPLE IN THE PROJECTED PATH OF THE TORNADO SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE INSIDE A BASEMENT...OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. LAT...LON 4384 8310 4368 8308 4372 8201 4393 8202 $$ OROW SHULER
000 WWUS53 KDTX 152045 SVSDTX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 443 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007 MIC063-152115- /O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070515T2115Z/ HURON MI- 443 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR HURON COUNTY... AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HELENA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF BAD AXE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BETWEEN HARBOR BEACH AND WHITE ROCK BY 450 PM EDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 4384 8310 4368 8308 4369 8258 4387 8264 $$ SHULER
000 WWUS53 KDTX 152053 SVSDTX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 451 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007 MIC063-152101- /O.CAN.KDTX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070515T2115Z/ HURON MI- 451 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HURON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE COUNTY. THUS...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE ABOUT TO MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF HURON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 275 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER OR SEE LIGHTNING...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING...EVEN IF THE SKY ABOVE YOU IS BLUE. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. LAT...LON 4384 8310 4368 8308 4369 8258 4387 8264 $$ SHULER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 81 min |
| May 15, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 86 min | |
| May 15, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 63 min |
| May 15, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay | 29 min |
| May 15, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Wayne | 91 min |
| May 15, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 93 min | |
| May 15, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Huron, Tuscola | 53 min |
| May 15, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb, Oakland | 83 min |
| May 15, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 89 min | |
| May 15, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 116 min | |
| May 15, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 45 min | |
| May 15, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 85 min |
| May 15, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Sanilac | 39 min |
| May 15, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb, Oakland | 39 min |
| May 15, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 36 min |
| May 15, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 19 min | |
| May 15, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Livingston, Washtenaw | 71 min |
| May 15, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland | 84 min |
| May 15, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 58 min | |
| May 15, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee, Shiawassee | 80 min |
| May 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb | 68 min |
| May 15, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 35 min | |
| May 15, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 65 min |
| May 15, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 46 min |
| May 15, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 24 min |
| May 15, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 44 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.