Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 2010, 6:03 PM EDT for Wexford County, Michigan. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2010, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2010, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 6:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Cadillac, MI | STEEL ROOF RIPPED OFF OF LUMBER COMPANY BUILDING. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jul 18, 6:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Se Cadillac, MI | RELAY FROM 9 & 10 NEWS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 485 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
445
WFUS53 KAPX 182203
TORAPX
MIC165-182245-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0002.100718T2203Z-100718T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
603 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WEXFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR YUMA...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
THOMPSONVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CADILLAC...BOON...MEAUWATAKA AND MITCHELL STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4419 8569 4438 8569 4437 8533 4417 8533
4416 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 279DEG 18KT 4430 8574
$$3 follow-up statements
698
WWUS34 KAPX 182222
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
622 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2010
MIC165-182245-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100718T2245Z/
WEXFORD MI-
622 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WEXFORD
COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM EDT...
AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOON...OR 12 MILES WEST OF CADILLAC...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CADILLAC...MEAUWATAKA AND MITCHELL STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4419 8569 4438 8569 4437 8533 4417 8533
4416 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 285DEG 22KT 4425 8558
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN
$$
MSB/JH378
WWUS34 KAPX 182233
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
633 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2010
MIC165-182245-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100718T2245Z/
WEXFORD MI-
633 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WEXFORD
COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM EDT...
AT 626 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOON...OR 7 MILES WEST OF CADILLAC...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CADILLAC AND MITCHELL STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4418 8556 4431 8556 4431 8533 4417 8533
4416 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 286DEG 22KT 4423 8550
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN
$$
MSN/JH355
WWUS34 KAPX 182247
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
647 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2010
MIC165-182256-
/O.EXP.KAPX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100718T2245Z/
WEXFORD MI-
647 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WEXFORD COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE ROTATION IN THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
HOWEVER...THIS STORM IS STILL POTENT. METEOROLOGISTS AT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES TO MONITOR THIS STORM. THIS STORM MAY
STILL REQUIRE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.
LAT...LON 4418 8556 4431 8556 4431 8533 4417 8533
4416 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 286DEG 22KT 4423 8550
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN
$$
MSB/JHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 5:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Manistee, Wexford | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 7:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Roscommon | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 7:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Crawford, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Roscommon | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.