Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 2017, 6:14 PM EDT for Antrim County, Michigan. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 3, 2017, 6:14 PM EDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2017, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Antrim County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 6:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Kewadin, MI | DELAYED REPORT RELAYED FROM ANTRIM COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT. TIME ESTIMATED. TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN ON WILLIAMS DRIVE. |
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
773
WFUS53 KAPX 032214
TORAPX
MIC009-032245-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0002.170803T2214Z-170803T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
614 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017
The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Western Antrim County in northern Michigan...
* Until 645 PM EDT
* At 613 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Kewadin, or just north of Elk Rapids, 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Elk Rapids, Bellaire, Torch Lake, Central Lake, Clam River,
Kewadin, Alden and Lake Bellaire.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4496 8547 4499 8547 4514 8529 4497 8504
4486 8528 4485 8532 4482 8535 4485 8538
4488 8538 4489 8542 4496 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 237DEG 19KT 4494 8537
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JZ3 follow-up statements
885
WWUS53 KAPX 032223
SVSAPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
623 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017
MIC009-032245-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170803T2245Z/
Antrim MI-
623 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
WESTERN ANTRIM COUNTY...
At 623 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located just north of Kewadin, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Bellaire, Torch Lake, Central Lake, Clam River, Kewadin and Lake
Bellaire.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4503 8542 4514 8529 4500 8508 4491 8528
4489 8535 4491 8540 4494 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 226DEG 14KT 4496 8535
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JZ205
WWUS53 KAPX 032230
SVSAPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
630 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017
MIC009-032245-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170803T2245Z/
Antrim MI-
630 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
ANTRIM COUNTY...
At 629 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located just northeast of Kewadin, moving northeast at 15 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...
Bellaire, Central Lake, Clam River, Kewadin and Lake Bellaire.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4504 8540 4512 8529 4500 8511 4491 8528
4490 8533 4491 8537 4494 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 241DEG 11KT 4497 8533
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JZ657
WWUS53 KAPX 032240
SVSAPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
640 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017
MIC009-032249-
/O.EXP.KAPX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170803T2245Z/
Antrim MI-
640 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL ANTRIM COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
645 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 4504 8540 4512 8529 4500 8511 4491 8528
4490 8533 4491 8537 4494 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 237DEG 19KT 4500 8527
$$
JZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 54 min | |
| Aug 3, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Antrim | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 4:24 PM EDT | Gale Warning | APX | 34 hr | |
| Aug 3, 4:24 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 47 hr | |
| Aug 3, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 93 min | |
| Aug 3, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Manistee | 67 min |
| Aug 3, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Manistee | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Antrim, Cheboygan, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Otsego and 1 more | 117 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.