At least 2 killed, 40+ jured when tornado touched down Gaylord: Everythg we know so far

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• AT LEAST 2 KILLED, 40+ JURED WHEN TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN GAYLORD: EVERYTHG WE KNOW SO FAR
• GAYLORD TORNADO: 2 AD AFTER POLICE FD ANOTHER VICTIM OVERNIGHT NORTHERN MICHIGAN CY
• GAYLORD TORNADO KILLS 2, JUR 44: WHAT WE KNOW
• HERE WAS THE PATH OF THE GAYLORD TORNADO THAT LEFT TWO AD, 44 JURED
• GAYLORD TORNADO: MICHIGAN TOWN RAVAGED BY RARE TORNADO
• TAKG A LOOK AT THE AFTERMATH OF THE TORNADO THAT STCK GAYLORD
• OFFICIALS SAY TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN GAYLORD WAS EF-3 WH MAX WDS OF 150 MPH
• GAYLORD TORNADO ATH TOLL CREAS TO 2, JURY UNT REMAS AT 44

AT LEAST 2 KILLED, 40+ JURED WHEN TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN GAYLORD: EVERYTHG WE KNOW SO FAR

Rint Stephanie Kerw, center, holds her baby Octavi one arm and dog Pixie the other as she and her fay rry what they uld salvage om her home Nottgham Fort Mobile Home Park on Saturday Gaylord, Mich., followg a tornado the day before. The town of 4, 200 turned to cleanup Saturday, a day after a tornado wh 140 mph wds pummeled Gaylord, killg two people, jurg more than 40 and shockg rints who are more faiar wh snowstorms than sprg wdstorms.

GAYLORD TORNADO: 2 AD AFTER POLICE FD ANOTHER VICTIM OVERNIGHT NORTHERN MICHIGAN CY

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John Boris of the weather service post Gaylord said the tornado passed through the muny about three mut but was on the ground the regn for 26 mut — a "fairly long" time. In this photo provid by Angela Rs, severe weather damage is seen Gaylord, Mich., jt off the cys 75 southbound 282 ex, Friday, May 20, 2022. – At least two people have died and more than 40 others were jured when a tornado touched down Gaylord, Michigan on Friday, acrdg to officials.

“We’ve had the fire of the blue lake to today’s tornado right here Gaylord, and I know ’s gog to be a tough weekend for fai here. ”Officials say the damage is substantial as the people jured have been transported to multiple hospals after the emergency facily Gaylord stopped acceptg patients due to lack of power as is nng on emergency generators. ”Sharrard says at least 12 hom have been molished wh nothg but their foundatn ‘It was like drivg around a war zone’: Tornado stroys at least 12 hom GaylordThere is no power, but over 100 Consumer Energy crews are travelg to Gaylord to help wh the power shortage, and if you’re tryg to reach your loved on, a cell phone tower has been taken out, so may be challengg to Natnal Weather Service has nfirmed a tornado moved through the area around 3:45 p.

GAYLORD TORNADO KILLS 2, JUR 44: WHAT WE KNOW

But we do know that there’s nsirable damage across the wtern part of Gaylord a lot of bs, a lot of hom, there’s a lot of bris and roads that are blocked by least one person has died and 44 others were jured when a tornado touched down Gaylord, Michigan on Friday, acrdg to Gaylord Mayor Todd Sharrad. Michigan State Police and Mayor Sharrad say the tornado first h a mobile home park and ntued about a two to three-e span through the mercial rridor seen the vio player Pictur, vios show nsirable damage om tornado Gaylord areaThe Natnal Weather Service nfirms Gaylord was h by a tornado Friday afternoon. Origal report: Tornado touch down Friday Gaylord; Stor damaged, vehicl tossed, juri reportedA tornado touched down Friday on the wt si of Gaylord, Michigan, the Natnal Weather Service nfirmed.

Gretchen Whmer said officials are monorg the suatn Gaylord said Michigan State Police reported downed tre and power l, and damage to several hom and photos of damaged ed by the Gaylord tornado below:In this photo provid by Angela Rs, severe weather damage is seen Gaylord, Mich., jt off the cys 75 southbound 282 ex, Friday, May 20, 2022.

HERE WAS THE PATH OF THE GAYLORD TORNADO THAT LEFT TWO AD, 44 JURED

(Angela Rs via AP)This image provid by Steven Bischer, shows damage followg an apparent tornado, Friday, May 20, 2022, Gaylord, Mich. (Steven Bischer via AP)In this photo provid by Angela Rs, severe weather damage is seen Gaylord, Mich., jt off the cys 75 southbound 282 ex, Friday, May 20, 2022.

GAYLORD TORNADO: MICHIGAN TOWN RAVAGED BY RARE TORNADO

(Angela Rs via AP)In this photo provid by Angela Rs, severe weather damage is seen Gaylord, Mich., jt off the cys 75 southbound 282 ex, Friday, May 20, 2022. (Steven Bischer via AP)This image provid by Steven Bischer, shows damage followg an apparent tornado, Friday, May 20, 2022, Gaylord, Mich. (Steven Bischer via AP)This image provid by Steven Bischer, shows an upend vehicle followg an apparent tornado, Friday, May 20, 2022, Gaylord, Mich.

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(Michigan State Police)Tornado touch down Friday Gaylord; Stor damaged, vehicl tossed, juri reportedDamage om a May 20, 2022, tornado the Gaylord area.

TAKG A LOOK AT THE AFTERMATH OF THE TORNADO THAT STCK GAYLORD

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Harrowg acunt shared by man si store at time of adly Gaylord tornado One person is ad and at least 44 more jured as wns Kev Donahue shared his story wh FOX 2 of ridg out the tornado. Gaylord tornado by Steven Bisher VIo cred: Steven Bisher/Facebook Among the 44 jured that have been reported th far, officials say many of them are cril ndn. Collapsed mercial and rintial buildgs, downed power l and cshed vehicl were among the remnants of the All persons acunted for after Gaylord tornado, Michigan State Police sayMore: Gaylord rints grapple wh the aftermath of vlent, rare tornado that left two adMore: Gaylord Councilman Vic Ouellette watched wife get 'slammed' wh tornado brisA batn of forc led to Friday's powerful tornado, acrdg to the Natnal Weather Service.

OFFICIALS SAY TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN GAYLORD WAS EF-3 WH MAX WDS OF 150 MPH

The storm turned to what's lled a supercell thunrstorm, a type of storm that n produce ndns ripe for damage, cludg high wds and the kd of tornado that ripped through Gaylord. Flt Journal via APRint Stephanie Kerw, center, holds her baby Octavi one arm and dog Pixie the other as she and her fay rry what they uld salvage om her home Nottgham Fort Mobile Home Park on Saturday Gaylord, Mich., followg a tornado the day before. A rare tornado barreled through the small northern Michigan muny of Gaylord on Friday killg at least two people and jurg more than 40 others as flipped vehicl, tore roofs off buildgs and ed other Friday afternoon, at about 3:40 p.

A mobile trailer park was also heavily tornado stck Gaylord, a muny of roughly 4, 200 people about 230 (370 kilometers) northwt of Natnal Weather Service on Saturday rated the twister an EF3 tornado, which rri "max wds of 140 mph.

GAYLORD TORNADO ATH TOLL CREAS TO 2, JURY UNT REMAS AT 44

"My heart go out to the fai and small bs impacted by the tornado and severe weather Gaylord, " Whmer said Friday eveng, reported.

This image provid by Steven Bischer, shows an upend vehicle followg an apparent tornado, Friday, May 20, 2022, Gaylord, Mich. In this photo provid by Angela Rs, severe weather damage is seen Gaylord, Mich., jt off the cy’s 75 southbound 282 ex, Friday, May 20, 2022. Jim Keysor, a Gaylord-based meteorologist wh the Natnal Weather Service, said extreme wds are unmon bee the Great Lak suck energy out of storms, pecially early sprg when the lak are very ld.

"Many kids and young adults would have never experienced any direct severe weather if they had lived Gaylord their entire liv, " he said. (Angela Rs via AP)The last time Gaylord suffered severe damage om a wd storm was 1998, when straight-le wds reached 100 mph, the weather service said. MICHIGAN POLICE SAY 1 SHOT AT HIGH SCHOOL DURING GRADUATION CEREMONYGovernor Gretchen Whmer issued the followg statement rponse to the severe weather across Northern Michigan and the tornado Gaylord.

""The MSP urge Michiganrs to avoid the Gaylord area, " Whmer ntued "Emergency crews are rpondg to help rints and asss the damage. "The Governor also shared on Twter that her heart go out to the fai and bs that have been hurt by the HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"To the entire Gaylord muny — Michigan is wh you, " she said.

"The Michigan State Police tweeted sharg that the Cy of Gaylord has imposed a 7:00 PM curfew on Friday that will be lifted Saturday morng at 8:00 A. – Officials nfirmed that the Gaylord tornado was an EF-3 wh maximum wds of around 150 mph and at s wist, the tornado was 200 least 70 mobile hom were stroyed by the tornado. Officials nfirmed that the Gaylord tornado was an EF-3 wh maximum wds of around 150 mph and at s wist, the tornado was 200 yards big.

Of those who passed away, both victims were their 70s and were found the mobile home park where the tornado origally started s Gaylord rints, like Shawn Law, nsir themselv lucky. I’m thkg I n’t hold onto my wife and son tight enough, ” Law said while sharg his experience survivg Friday’s out: Pictur, vios show nsirable damage om tornado Gaylord areaThe Natnal Weather Service said the tornado moved through Gaylord at 3:48 p. – Two people were killed and at least 44 others were jured after an EF-3 tornado ripped through the northern Michigan town of Gaylord on Friday tornado left a long path of stctn wh wds timated by meteorologists to be around 150 Natnal Weather Service said the tornado was first observed on radar near Elmira and moved northeast toward Gaylord.

(FOX Weather)Meteorologists believe the tornado was on the ground for 20 mut, as ma s 16 e trek through the northern Lower Pensula of SHOW DEVASTATION OF FIRST TORNADO EVER TO IMPACT GAYLORD, MICHIGANAcrdg to, about 11, 000 ctomers lost power the Gaylord area. Tornado leav 'tastrophic' damage Gaylord, Michigan A damage survey team om the Natnal Weather Service will be out Saturday to terme how strong the tornado was that tore the northern Michigan town of Gaylord that took a direct h. THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE EXPLAINEDGaylord’s first direct h om a tornadoJim Keysor, the meteorologist charge at the Natnal Weather Service office Gaylord, said rerds gog back to 1950 show that the town has never taken a direct h om a tornado.

Acrdg to Keysor, the last major severe weather event the town was 1998 when 100-mph straight-le wds barreled through the TO WATCH FOX WEATHER ON TV"This is a very, very rare event for , and most people that have lived here their whole liv – they’ve never experienced a tornado Gaylord, " Keysor told FOX Weather on Friday. – Officials have nfirmed the tornado that touched down Gaylord on Friday was an EF-3 wh maximum wds of around 150 least two people were killed and 44 others were hurt durg the storm, acrdg to victims who were killed were rints of a Gaylord mobile home park. Acrdg to the data, there have only been four other tornado that far north the state of Michigan wh a ratg of EF-3 (or F-3) or greater:July 3, 1974: F3 tornado h parts of Ostego unty wt of 11, 1987: F3 tornado was on the ground for a very long time om near Iron Mounta to near 4, 1986: F3 tornado h parts of Menomee unty wt of 28, 1991: F3 tornado briefly on the ground southern Menomee ’s also worth notg there was an F-4 tornado that traveled om jt north of Eastlake to the Grand Traverse Bay back on April 3, 1956, but this is further south than Gaylord.

Pictur that show the aftermath of a tornado that touched down the Gaylord area on May 20, least 12 hom were molished by the least one person has died and 44 others were jured when a tornado touched down Gaylord, Michigan on Friday, acrdg to Gaylord Mayor Todd Sharrad.

And there’s no challenge we n’t get through Gretechen WhmerCheck out: Pictur, vios show nsirable damage om tornado Gaylord areaCopyright 2022 by WDIV ClickOnDetro - All rights the Authors:Derick HutchsonDerick is the Lead Digal Edor for ClickOnDetro and has been wh Lol 4 News sce April 2013. Rint Stephanie Kerw, center, holds her baby Octavi one arm and dog Pixie the other as she and her fay rry what they uld salvage om her home Nottgham Fort Mobile Home Park on Saturday Gaylord, Mich., followg a tornado the Jake May / Flt Journal via AP. Tornado are so unmon northern Michigan that Gaylord don't have a siren system to warn people about hazardo town of 4, 200 turned to cleanup Saturday, a day after a tornado wh 140 mph wds pummeled Gaylord, killg two people, jurg more than 40 and shockg rints who are more faiar wh snowstorms than sprg wdstorms.