>> NOW TO THE AFTERMATH OF THE DEADLY TORNADO THAT HIT WITHOUT WARNING A LITTLE OVER 24 HOURS AGO. THIS IS THE YOUNG FAMILY SHATTERED BY THE STORM IN LIVONIA. A TREE FELL ON THEIR HOME, KILLING 3 YEAR-OLD COOPER AND CRITICALLY INJURING HIS MOM. KAREN, THE EV ONE TORNADO ALSO HIT ROTARY PARK ON ITS 5 AND A HALF MILE PATH. THE PARK NOW CLOSE BECAUSE OF ALL THAT DAMAGE CHOPPER, 7 FLEW OVER MORE FALLOUT IN PORT HURON WHERE IT'S BELIEVED STRAIGHT LINE WINDS KNOCKED DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. AND IN HIGHLAND PARK, 2 MEN SUFFERED CRITICAL INJURIES WHEN THEIR VEHICLES WERE HIT BY A FALLING TREE. TONIGHT, 7 NEWS DETROIT REPORTER KIMBERLY CRAIG IS RAISING VOICES AFTER THE STORM AND DIGGING INTO WHY THERE WAS NO WARNING. >> WHEN THERE'S A WEATHER, EMERGENCY, LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES LIKE THE CITY OF LIVONIA ACTIVATE THEIR SIRENS WHEN THEY GET A NOTIFICATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BUT WEDNESDAY THAT NOTIFICATION NEVER CAME. WHEN YOU SURPRISED YOU DIDN'T HEAR THE SIREN? YES, VERY SURPRISED BECAUSE I'M. >> ANYTIME THERE'S A RAINDROP. THE SIRENS GO OFF, LEAVING AND GO OFF DURING SNOWSTORMS. SO I WAS VERY SURPRISED. >> AND IT JUST IT TORNADO THAT SPUN UP OUT OF THE SYSTEM THAT DEVELOPED. >> LITERALLY AT THE BORDER OF LIVONIA. BRIAN KAHN HEADS OF LIVONIA IS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND HE SAID THEY DIDN'T TRIGGER THE SIRENS BECAUSE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEVER ISSUED A WARNING THERE JUST SIMPLY WASN'T. >> THE FOREWARNING OF THE NOTICE TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT, INFORMATION THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO SO MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING 13 YEAR-OLD MAYA. >> WAS HOME ALONE AT THE TIME. HAD YOU HEARD THE SIREN? WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE? PROBABLY ON THE BASEMENT. JACQUELINE ANDERSON IS A METEOROLOGIST WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HERE IN MICHIGAN AND CORN AGE THOSE WARNINGS. SO THERE WAS VERY WEAK CIRCULATION THAT WE WERE SEEING RADAR. >> THERE ARE VERY GRATEFUL THAT I THAT WAS ON. >> SHE SAID A WEAK TORNADO SPUN UP FASTER THAN THEY COULD ASSESS IT VERY >> QUICK MOVING ENVIRONMENT AND THINGS ARE CHANGING RAPIDLY TO THE FIRES. VERY DIFFICULT FOR US. ANDERSON SAID LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE, THEY ESTIMATE THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 9 MINUTES. >> I ASKED WHY THAT WASN'T ENOUGH TIME TO TRIGGER A WARNING. >> OUR RADAR UPDATES FOR COMING IN ABOUT EVERY 4 TO 5 MINUTES. SO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, CRIME OF POSSIBLE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE GETTING BEST SAMPLE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING, GIVEN HOW FAST THE CAR GONE UP. SOMETIMES CLEARLY. >> YOU MAY NOT GET THAT WARNING. AND EVEN IF YOU DO GET THAT RAIN WARNING, IT MAY ONLY BE MOMENTS BEFORE THE TRIAL GETS THERE. 7 NEWS METEOROLOGIST MIKE TAYLOR SAYS THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO NOT JUST WATCH THE FORECAST, BUT ALSO LOOK AT CHANGING WEATHER AROUND YOU. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL SINCE SUNDAY LOOKING AT WEDNESDAY. SO THAT'S 3 AND A HALF DAYS. NOTICE ABOUT, HEY, THE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY. >> PAY MORE THAN THE USUAL ATTENTION TO THEM BECAUSE THEY COULD REALLY BE, YOU KNOW, DANGEROUS. DID ANY OF YOUR TRAIN, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTERS PICK UP ANYTHING? WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY INFORMATION FROM THEM WAS REALLY SURPRISED. WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING. >> BECAUSE I KNOW IT DIDN'T COME FAST, BUT YOU COULD SEE THOSE CLOUDS MOVING. AND I THINK SOMETHING COULD HAVE
