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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 507

July 10, 200751 counties in Michigan

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 10, 2007, 3:54 PM EDT for 51 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2007, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2007, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 51 counties

Alcona County, MI, Allegan County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Bay County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Chippewa County, MI, Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Huron County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lake County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Mackinac County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Midland County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Van Buren County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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 SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
10%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
2%
Ten or more severe wind reports
40%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
Ten or more severe hail reports
10%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
5%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
60%

Warnings issued inside it

11 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Emmet66 min
Jul 10, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim20 min
Jul 10, 4:49 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXCheboygan, Presque Isle41 min
Jul 10, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOtsego46 min
Jul 10, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena20 min
Jul 10, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXShiawassee69 min
Jul 10, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXPresque Isle17 min
Jul 10, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee80 min
Jul 10, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer62 min
Jul 10, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXShiawassee24 min
Jul 10, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSanilac53 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 11:29 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron and 3 more91 min
Jul 10, 12:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 6 more5 hr
Jul 10, 1:55 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Clare, Crawford, Emmet and 20 more95 min
Jul 10, 3:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlger, Delta, Menominee, Schoolcraft91 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.