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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2014, 1:54 PM EDT for Antrim County, Kalkaska County, Michigan. It was in force for 24 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
- Sep 1, 2014, 1:54 PM EDT (17:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2014, 2:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Antrim County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
140
WFUS53 KAPX 011754
TORAPX
MIC009-079-011830-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0008.140901T1754Z-140901T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
154 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ANTRIM COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
NORTHEASTERN KALKASKA COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 153 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DARRAGH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST 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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
KALKASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN ANTRIM COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...BLUE LAKE TOWNSHIP.
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 4499 8485 4482 8485 4475 8507 4484 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 231DEG 18KT 4481 8503
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ARNOTT2 follow-up statements
759
WWUS53 KAPX 011801
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
201 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014
MIC009-079-011830-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140901T1830Z/
ANTRIM MI-KALKASKA MI-
201 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KALKASKA AND
SOUTHEASTERN ANTRIM COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...
AT 158 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ANTRIM...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KALKASKA AND
SOUTHEASTERN ANTRIM COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4481 8500 4485 8504 4499 8485 4484 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 222DEG 24KT 4486 8498
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ARNOTT564 WWUS53 KAPX 011818 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 218 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014 MIC009-079-011828- /O.CAN.KAPX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140901T1830Z/ ANTRIM MI-KALKASKA MI- 218 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KALKASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN ANTRIM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 6 PM EDT. LAT...LON 4481 8500 4485 8504 4499 8485 4484 8485 TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 222DEG 24KT 4494 8487 $$ ARNOTT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 3:59 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | APX | Benzie, Leelanau, Manistee | 19 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Grand Traverse, Kalkaska | 48 min |
| Sep 1, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Crawford, Kalkaska, Otsego | 53 min |
| Sep 1, 2:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Crawford | 34 min |
| Sep 1, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Otsego | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Montmorency, Oscoda | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Ogemaw, Roscommon | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Montmorency | 37 min |
| Sep 1, 2:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Cheboygan | 21 min |
| Sep 1, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 88 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Presque Isle | 55 min |
| Sep 1, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Alpena | 64 min |
| Sep 1, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 88 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.