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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2014, 1:34 PM EDT for Antrim County, Crawford County, Otsego County, Michigan. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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 27, 2014, 1:34 PM EDT (17:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Antrim County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Otsego County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waters, MI | 8 INCH DIAMETER PINE TREE SNAPPED IN HALF IN WATERS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
342
WFUS53 KAPX 271734
TORAPX
MIC009-039-137-271800-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0003.140727T1734Z-140727T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
134 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ANTRIM COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
SOUTHWESTERN OTSEGO COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 131 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF MANCELONA...AND MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WATERS AND OTSEGO LAKE STATE PARK AROUND 200 PM EDT.
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 4482 8453 4483 8484 4483 8485 4486 8485
4486 8491 4486 8492 4491 8493 4493 8488
4496 8452
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 275DEG 16KT 4487 8487
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JPB2 follow-up statements
232
WWUS53 KAPX 271743
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
143 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
MIC009-271754-
/O.CAN.KAPX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140727T1800Z/
ANTRIM MI-
143 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANTRIM COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4488 8453 4482 8453 4483 8485 4493 8485
4496 8453
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 275DEG 16KT 4487 8481
$$
MIC039-137-271800-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140727T1800Z/
CRAWFORD MI-OTSEGO MI-
143 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN OTSEGO AND
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT...
AT 142 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF WATERS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WATERS AND OTSEGO LAKE STATE PARK AROUND 200 PM EDT.
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 4488 8453 4482 8453 4483 8485 4493 8485
4496 8453
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 275DEG 16KT 4487 8481
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JPB893
WWUS53 KAPX 271800
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
200 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
MIC039-137-271810-
/O.EXP.KAPX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140727T1800Z/
CRAWFORD MI-OTSEGO MI-
200 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN OTSEGO AND NORTHWESTERN
CRAWFORD COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM.. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.
LAT...LON 4488 8453 4482 8453 4483 8485 4493 8485
4496 8453
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 275DEG 16KT 4486 8471
$$
JPBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 3:53 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 36 hr | |
| Jul 27, 11:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Kalkaska | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 11:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Kalkaska | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Crawford | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 12:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Charlevoix, Otsego | 65 min |
| Jul 27, 12:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Kalkaska | 17 min |
| Jul 27, 12:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Crawford | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Crawford, Oscoda | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 1:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Alcona, Oscoda | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Montmorency | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Crawford, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Wexford | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 117 min | |
| Jul 27, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Oscoda | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Iosco | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Ogemaw, Roscommon | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 2 hr | |
| Jul 27, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 87 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.