Gusty onshore winds contributed to rip current development on Lake Michigan beaches of Northwest Lower Michigan.
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The episode as NWS APX wrote it up.
Gusty onshore winds contributed to rip current development on Lake Michigan beaches of Northwest Lower Michigan.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 11, 9:34 AM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1034 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2007 .UPDATE...A TASTE OF EARLY FALL IN MID SUMMER HAS BESET THE NORTHLANDS AS VIGOROUS NORTHWEST FLOW CAA HAS KICKED INTO HIGH GEAR BEHIND DEPARTING COLD FRONT. EARLY MORNING DRY SLOT HAS GIVEN WAY TO WRAP AROUND MOISTURE...WITH REGIONAL RADARS SHOWING WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS AND SPRINKLES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. TO COMPLICATE MATTERS FURTHER (HARD FOR ME TO EVEN TYPE THIS)...SOME POSSIBLE LAKE CONTRIBUTIONS COMING INTO PLAY AS 850MB TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE MID SINGLE DIGITS (7C ON 12Z GREEN BAY SOUNDING) CREATING DELTA T/S OF AROUND 11 TO 12C OVER THE BATH-LIKE 18C NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN SURFACE WATERS. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...BASICALLY DOWNRIGHT CHILLY WITH READINGS STRUGGLING IN THE MID 50S TO LOW 60S...WITH WINDS GUSTS APPROACHING 25 MPH ADDING A BIT OF ADDITIONAL CHILL. CONCERNS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY CENTER ON CONTINUATION OF SHOWER AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM THREAT AS WELL AS MARINE ISSUES. WOULD EXPECT SPRINKLES AND LIGHT SHOWERS TO COME TO AN END BY LATE THIS MORNING AS BEST MOISTURE PEELS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. STILL SOME CONCERN FOR REGENERATION OF SHOWERS..AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS..OVER SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS BAND OF 850MB-500MB MOISTURE BACK ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA PIVOTS SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA. MOISTURE...COLD POOL ALOFT (500MB TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO -18C)...AND DAYTIME HEATING MAY BE ENOUGH TO KICK OFF SOME SHOWERS. THUNDER POTENTIAL REMAINS VERY MARGINAL WITH MODIFIED MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOWING ML CAPE VALUES ONLY APPROACHING 100J/KG. THUS...WILL LEAVE AS SLIGHT CHANCE MENTION. TEMPERATURES REMAIN PROBLEMATIC WITH READINGS ALREADY RUNNING SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER THAN ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...DESPITE CONTINUATION OF COLD AIR ADVECTION...ANY SUNSHINE THAT MANAGES TO SNEAK THROUGH THE OVERCAST SHOULD HELP TEMPERATURES REBOUND QUICKLY. MARINE...HAVE HOISTED GALE WARNINGS ALONG THE NORTHEAST MICHIGAN COASTLINE WITH DECENT OVERWATER INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE NORTHWEST FLOW COASTAL CONVERGENCE. LAST SEVERAL OBSERVATIONS FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT HAVE SHOWN FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 KNOTS. WILL LET THIS RUN THROUGH MIDDAY BEFORE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS. SCA REMAIN FOR ALL OTHER AREAS THROUGH THE DAY. NEARSHORES ALREADY SENT. UPDATED GRIDS AND ZONES OUT SHORTLY. MSB && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 648 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2007/ WEAK TROF MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN THIS MORNING WITH SPRINKLES/SHOWERS AND CIGS FROM 2-4K. TROF EXITS THE REGION FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH PARTIAL CLEARING. WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL COME DIURNAL CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN 4-5K. ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. A FEW SPRINKLES POSSIBLE WITH THIS FEATURE...WITH AREAS OF MVFR CIGS. JK && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 345 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2007/ DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING CIRCULATION CENTER ASSOCIATED WITH LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER ERN SUPERIOR. 500MB VORT LOBE ROTATING DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF UPPER TROF AND PUSHING ACROSS THE NRN LAKES THIS MORNING. MAIN FORECAST ISSUES THIS PACKAGE CENTERING ON THE TIMING OF NUMEROUS NRN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROFS IN FAST MOVING FLOW...IMPACTING POPS AND CLOUDS. FOR TODAY/TONIGHT...H5 VORT LOBE WILL MOVE THRU THE AREA THIS MORNING. WEAK DYNAMICS...LITTLE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND SHALLOW MOISTURE...SO LOW POPS WITH JUST SOME DRIZZLE OR A BRIEF SHOWER. SOMEWHAT INTERESTING WEATHER FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A BROAD 850-700MB MOISTURE AXIS WILL EXTEND FROM MN INTO NW LOWER MICHIGAN. WITH DAYTIME HEATING ACTING ON COOLER TEMPS ALOFT...SHOULD SEE AT LEAST A FEW SHWRS /TSTMS?/ DEVELOP WITHIN MOISTURE AXIS. TSTM POTENTIAL NOT GREAT...WITH MUCAPE VALUES AROUND 500 J/KG AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES 5.5-6.0 DEGC/KM. DEEPEST MOISTURE WILL BE WEST OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN WHERE BEST COVERAGE OF PCPN WILL BE...BUT ENOUGH THINGS IN PLAY TO WARRANT CHANCE POPS WEST OF I-75. 850MB TEMPS DIP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH SFC DEWPOINTS SLOWLY FALLING THROUGH THE 40S THIS AFTN...SO SCT/BKN DIURNAL CU FIELDS LIKELY /ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM THE LAKE SHORE/. NEXT SHORTWAVE DIVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. ONCE AGAIN...WEAK FORCING...SHALLOW MOISTURE AND NO UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT SO A FEW SPRINKLES/LIGHT RAIN SHOWER ONCE AGAIN POSSIBLE. THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT...STRONGER SHORTWAVE TROF WILL ROTATE AROUND ANOMALOUSLY STRONG UPPER LOW OVER JAMES BAY AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. AS THIS TROF SWINGS TO THE SOUTH...IT WILL BRING CORE OF ABNORMALLY COLD 850MB AIR TO THE SOUTH. BETTER DYNAMICS WITH THIS FEATURE...WITH 700-300MB Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE AND 90KT 300MB JET MOVING INTO MICHIGAN. HIGH CHANCE POPS FOR ALL AREAS...HIGHEST NORTH OF M-32 WHERE DEEPEST MOISTURE RESIDES. WILL CUT GUIDANCE TEMPS...GIVEN CLOUDS/SHOWERS AND 850MB TEMPS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. SHORTWAVE EXITS EAST THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH 850MB THERMAL TROF SWINGING INTO NRN MICHIGAN. HARD TO BELIEVE...BUT 850MB TEMPS OF +4 DEGC AND LAKE TEMPS AROUND +16 COULD LEAD TO LAKE CLOUDS/SPRINKLES IN NORTHWEST FLOW AREAS. I WILL SHOW GREATER CLOUD COVER IN THESE AREAS BUT WILL NOT MENTION ANY SPRINKLE POSSIBILITY. JK LATER PERIODS (FRI-SUN)...POSITIVE PNA PATTERN FIRMLY ENTRENCHED OVER THIS PERIOD WITH RIDGING OVER THE WESTERN NORTH AMERICA AND TROUGHING OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND EAST COAST. THIS PATTERN DEAMPLIFIES SOMEWHAT HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND SUGGESTING A SLOW WARMING TREND WILL BE OBSERVED. MODELS SEEM TO BE HAVING A TOUGH TIME RESOLVING SHORTWAVES WITHIN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...EACH POSSIBLY BRINGING PRECIP CHANCES TO THE AREA. THE FIRST WAVE IS EXPECTED TO BE POSITIONED JUST EAST OF MICHIGAN FRIDAY MORNING...LEAVING THE AREA IN A REGION OF SUBSIDENCE IN ITS WAKE...WHILE HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESIDE AT THE SURFACE. THE COOLEST AIR OF THE PERIOD WILL BE PRESENT TO START THE MORNING (850MB TEMPS +4 TO 5C)...WHICH PUTS DELTA T/S ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AROUND 12-13C. BECAUSE OF THE CYCLONIC FLOW THROUGH THE COLUMN...900-700MB RH AROUND 70 PCT IN ADDITION TO THE DELTA T/S...CAN SEE A MOSTLY CLOUDY START TO THE MORNING BEFORE WEAKISH WARM AIR ADVECTION AND DRIER LOW TO MID-LEVEL AIR MOVES IN DURING THE AFTERNOON. MAYBE EVEN SEE A FEW SPRINKLES OR LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SHOWERS WITHIN THE STRATOCU BANDS DURING THE MORNING...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO NOT MENTION AT THIS TIME SINCE ITS MORE OF A NUISANT/SHORT TERM CONCERN. INSTEAD WILL INCREASE SKY COVER TO PORTRAY PLENTIFUL STRATO CU...WHICH LOOK TO SLOW DIURNAL HEATING...SO WILL ALSO LOWER MAX TEMPS A FEW DEGREES AS WELL (MID 60S TO NEAR 70). NEXT SHORTWAVE DIVING DOWN THE PIKE WILL SEND A LOW PRESSURE SE ACROSS CENTRAL ONTARIO FRIDAY NIGHT. A WARM FRONT EMANATING FROM THIS LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR...UPPER MICHIGAN...AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND WILL APPROACHED THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA BY 12Z SAT. ISENTROPIC LIFT DRIVEN BY A 25-30KT LLJ LOOKS TO BE ENOUGH TO PLACE A CHANCE OF THUNDER ACROSS FAR NW LOWER AND EASTERN UPPER FOR THE 2ND HALF OF FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WARM FRONT WILL THEN PROGRESS ACROSS THE CWA ON SATURDAY AS THE STRONG SHORTWAVE CROSSES LAKE SUPERIOR AND SOUTHERN ONTARIO. STRONGEST WAA/-DIV Q LOOKS TO BE ACROSS EASTERN UPPER SO HIGHER CHANCE POPS HERE LOOK GOOD...ESPECIALLY WITH A COLD FRONT SETTLING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AS WELL BY THE END OF THE DAY. THEREAFTER...PLACEMENT OF THE FRONT BECOMES DIFFICULT. THE ECMWF DRIVES THE FRONT ACROSS THE AREA SAT NIGHT AND INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE THE GFS/GFS ENSEMBLE STALLS THE FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER. THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO MORE AMPLIFICATION OF THE WAVE PASSING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR/SOUTHERN ONTARIO ON SAT IN THE EURO. THEREFORE...SEE NO REASON TO CHANGE POPS SATURDAY NIGHT. AND BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY PRESENT IN THE MODELS...WILL NOT CHANGE POP SITUATION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...BECAUSE THE LOCATION OF THE FRONT WILL DETERMINE THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA...HAVE ONLY TWEAKED TEMPS SLIGHTLY...BUT COULD APPROACH NEAR 80 ONCE AGAIN BY SUNDAY AS MID-LEVEL HEIGHTS REBOUND WITH SLOW DEAMPLIFICATION OF THE UPPER AIR PATTERN ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. MPC && .APX...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GALE WARNINGS...THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...LHZ347-348. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1112 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2007 LHZ345>349-361-362-LMZ323-341-342-344-345-363-LSZ321-322-MIZ008- 015>036-041-042-121000- STRAITS OF MACKINAC-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL- MACKINAC BRDG TO PRESQUE ISLE LT-PRESQUE ISLE LT TO STURGEON PT- STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER-MICHIGAN WATERS OF NORTHERN LAKE HURON- MICHIGAN WATERS OF CENTRAL LAKE HURON-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY- SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG- SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-MANISTEE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT- MICHIGAN WATERS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN-WHITEFISH BAY- ST. MARYS RIVER-CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE- CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE- GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- 1112 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE HURON...LAKE MICHIGAN...LAKE SUPERIOR...EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF INTERSTATE-75 IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...ALTHOUGH STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN GALES ON THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE HURON AS WELL AS THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF NORTHERN LAKE HURON EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE TO STURGEON POINT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ON LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ON THURSDAY...AND THEN OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS...IF YOU HAVE DAMAGE FROM THE SEVERE WEATHER ON TUESDAY...PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MSB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
759 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM TORNADO 3 NE STANDISH 44.01N 83.92W
07/09/2007 F0 ARENAC MI NWS STORM SURVEY
0.5 MILE PATH LENGTH NEAR WOLFE RD AND US-23. FUNNEL
FORMED NEAR HUSAK RD. TOUCHDOWN JUST WEST OF WOLFE RD.
PATH VERIFIED BY LIFENET HELICOPTER AND PATH SEEN THROUGH
CORN FIELD NORTH OF US-23. TRAILER ROOF TORN OFF AT END
OF PATH.
&&
KFARINAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
808 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S GLADWIN 43.94N 84.49W
07/09/2007 GLADWIN MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN BETWEEN GLADWIN AND
BEAVERTON.
0410 PM TSTM WND DMG STERLING 44.03N 84.02W
07/09/2007 ARENAC MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED AS WELL.
0410 PM HAIL STERLING 44.03N 84.02W
07/09/2007 E0.75 INCH ARENAC MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES ALSO REPORTED DOWN.
0415 PM TORNADO 3 NE STANDISH 44.01N 83.92W
07/09/2007 F0 ARENAC MI NWS STORM SURVEY
0.5 MILE PATH LENGTH NEAR WOLFE RD AND US-23. FUNNEL
FORMED NEAR HUSAK RD. TOUCHDOWN JUST WEST OF WOLFE RD.
PATH VERIFIED BY LIFENET HELICOPTER AND PATH SEEN THROUGH
CORN FIELD NORTH OF US-23. TRAILER ROOF TORN OFF AT END
OF PATH.
&&
A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN
MONDAY...SPAWNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. THESE STORMS BECAME SEVERE AS THEY MOVED ACROSS GLADWIN AND
ARENAC COUNTIES...KNOCKING DOWN NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES. HAIL
UP TO PENNY SIZE WAS ALSO REPORTED.
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN IN ARENAC COUNTY NORTHEAST OF STANDISH. THERE WAS NO
CONFIRMATION OF ANY OTHER TORNADO REPORTS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE
REPORTED DOWN ACROSS ARENAC COUNTY.
KFARINAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
856 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 W GAYLORD 45.03N 84.72W
07/10/2007 OTSEGO MI OTHER FEDERAL
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDING WITH A 5 INCH DIAMETER TREE
DOWN. ALSO SOME 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL REPORTED.
&&
KASPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1205 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 WNW EAST JORDAN 45.17N 85.19W
07/10/2007 CHARLEVOIX MI TRAINED SPOTTER
8 TO 10 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN.
0357 PM TSTM WND DMG PETOSKEY 45.38N 84.96W
07/10/2007 EMMET MI TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE DAMAGE DUE TO WIND.
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 E PETOSKEY 45.38N 84.86W
07/10/2007 EMMET MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE TREES AND UTILITY LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE OCCURRING BETWEEN 415 AND 425 PM.
0452 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N MANCELONA 44.93N 85.06W
07/10/2007 ANTRIM MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN NEAR CINDER HILL ROAD
0452 PM FUNNEL CLOUD TOWER 45.35N 84.30W
07/10/2007 CHEBOYGAN MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0501 PM TSTM WND GST 1 W OSSINEKE 44.91N 83.45W
07/10/2007 E60.00 MPH ALPENA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
0510 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 NE ONAWAY 45.38N 84.20W
07/10/2007 PRESQUE ISLE MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUD BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
BETWEEN 510 AND 525 PM
0510 PM FUNNEL CLOUD TOWER 45.35N 84.30W
07/10/2007 CHEBOYGAN MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUD BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
BETWEEN 510 AND 525 PM
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 W GAYLORD 45.03N 84.72W
07/10/2007 OTSEGO MI OTHER FEDERAL
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDING WITH A 5 INCH DIAMETER TREE
DOWN. ALSO SOME 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL REPORTED.
0512 PM TSTM WND DMG GAYLORD 45.03N 84.67W
07/10/2007 OTSEGO MI TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE DOWN ON ROAD NEAR OTSEGO COUNTY LIBRARY
0512 PM HAIL 2 N GAYLORD 45.06N 84.67W
07/10/2007 E0.75 INCH OTSEGO MI TRAINED SPOTTER
0613 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 W ALPENA 45.07N 83.60W
07/10/2007 ALPENA MI OTHER FEDERAL
LARGE TREE DOWN AT AIRPORT
&&
A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH NORTHERN MICHIGAN TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SPAWNING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
THE INITIAL ROUND OF STORMS DEVELOPED SHORTLY AFTER 2 PM JUST OFF
SHORE FROM FRANKFORT. ADDITIONAL STORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THE STORMS BECAME SEVERE KNOCKING
DOWN NUMEROUS TREES AROUND LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY. STORMS ALSO PRODUCED
DAMAGING WINDS NEAR GAYLORD AND ALPENA. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A
FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR TOWER AND ONAWAY SHORTLY BEFORE 5 PM. A NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY IS UNDERWAY TO EXAMINE THE EXTENT OF THE
DAMAGE FROM THE STORMS ON TUESDAY.
KASThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 15 year old boy from a downstate Michigan community, drowned as a result of rip currents at 5th Avenue Beach in the city of Manistee.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Manistee | 2007-07-11 | 15 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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