Always be prepared!

Even on a day when there is a 40% chance of widely scattered thunderstorms you never know what will happen.

I was outside watering the grass and noticed it darkening in the northern skys.  As soon as I came in to check radar, the warning went out and we were right into a net.

here is the official National Weather Service report.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

132 PM EDT FRI AUG 20 2010

...2 CONFIRMED TORNADOES IN MACOMB COUNTY ON AUGUST 19TH...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED 2 TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN ON THURSDAY AUGUST 19TH IN MACOMB COUNTY.

THE FIRST TORNADO...AN EF1...TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF22 MILE ROAD AND HAYES ROAD. THE TORNADO...WITH WINDS ESTIMATED UPTO 90 MPH...TOUCHED DOWN AT 727 PM AND TRACKED NEARLY DUE SOUTH BEFORE LIFTING AT 733 PM JUST EAST OF HAYES ROAD ON M-59. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS ESTIMATED AT 2 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 250 YARDS. DAMAGE INCLUDED MULTIPLE HOMES WITH ROOF DAMAGE IN ADDITION TO TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.

THE SECOND TORNADO...AN EF0...TOUCHED DOWN ON GROESBECK HIGHWAY, A HALF MILE NORTH OF 16 MILE ROAD. THE TORNADO...WITH WINDS ESTIMATED UP TO 85 MPH...TOUCHED DOWN AT 743 PM AND TRACKED TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST BEFORE LIFTING AT 748 PM JUST WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 14 MILE ROAD AND HARPER AVENUE. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS ESTIMATED AT 3 MILES...WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 200 YARDS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH POWERLINES.

For those of you monitoring, during the skywarn net we had to change to the 147.18 repeater. There was either a power interruption or a surge that effected the unit that our 147.200 machine was off the air.  I will be checking with County Radio Repair if we are on a confirmed emergency backup power circuit. if not we will be before the next event happens!

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