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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2014, 2:11 PM EDT for Crawford County, Michigan. It was in force for 34 min. 3 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
- Sep 1, 2014, 2:11 PM EDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2014, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Crawford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2:16 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Sw Frederic, MI | A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF UPROOTED AND SNAPPED TREES AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE RESIDENCE AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A BARN. THE MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH. THE PATH OF LEN |
| Sep 1, 2:28 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Frederic, MI | TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN AS WELL |
| Sep 1, 2:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Frederic, MI | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. CALLER REPORTED SEEING FUNNEL CLOUD AS WELL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.
944
WFUS53 KAPX 011811
TORAPX
MIC039-011845-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0009.140901T1811Z-140901T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
211 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 208 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAR LAKE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
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...
FREDERIC AND HARTWICK PINES STATE PARK AROUND 220 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 4478 8484 4486 8474 4486 8442 4468 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 232DEG 30KT 4473 8482
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ARNOTT3 follow-up statements
690
WWUS53 KAPX 011819
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
219 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014
MIC039-011845-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140901T1845Z/
CRAWFORD MI-
219 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CRAWFORD
COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM EDT...
AT 216 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FREDERIC...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4478 8481 4486 8474 4486 8450 4474 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 231DEG 31KT 4479 8473
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ARNOTT978
WWUS53 KAPX 011825
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
225 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014
MIC039-011845-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140901T1845Z/
CRAWFORD MI-
225 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CRAWFORD
COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM EDT...
AT 222 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FREDERIC...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY.
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 4479 8475 4486 8473 4486 8452 4483 8457
4476 8472
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 237DEG 33KT 4481 8467
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ARNOTT059
WWUS53 KAPX 011836
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
236 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014
MIC039-011845-
/O.EXP.KAPX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140901T1845Z/
CRAWFORD MI-
236 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 245 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 4479 8475 4486 8473 4486 8452 4483 8457
4476 8472
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 237DEG 33KT 4486 8456
$$
ARNOTTThe 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, 1:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Antrim, Kalkaska | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.