Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2007, 5:45 PM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 60 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
- Apr 26, 2007, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2007, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Berrien County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:26 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 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 KIWX 262144
TORIWX
MIC021-262245-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0007.070426T2145Z-070426T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
545 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR THREE OAKS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF BUCHANAN...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
DAYTON AND SAWYER...
NEW TROY...
GLENDORA...
BUCHANAN AND BRIDGMAN...
BARODA...
STEVENSVILLE...
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. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET 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.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4179 8671 4175 8648 4190 8623 4225 8623
4226 8636
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIWX 262205
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
605 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
MIC021-262245-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070426T2245Z/
BERRIEN MI-
605 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR BERRIEN
COUNTY...
AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENDORA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BUCHANAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
BARODA...
BERRIEN SPRINGS AND STEVENSVILLE...
SODUS...EAU CLAIRE AND FAIR PLAIN...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4191 8662 4183 8641 4190 8623 4225 8623
4226 8636
$$000
WWUS53 KIWX 262244
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
644 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
MIC021-262252-
/O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070426T2245Z/
BERRIEN MI-
644 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BERRIEN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 645 PM EDT...
AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WERE WEAKENING
AND MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 4191 8662 4183 8641 4190 8623 4225 8623
4226 8636
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Berrien | 35 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.