Satelle Imagery Shows 16 Mile Le of Dtctn From EF-3 Tornado Rippg Through Gaylord

VIOS SHOW VASTATN OF FIRST TORNADO EVER TO IMPACT GAYLORD, MICHIGAN

GAYLORD, Mich.

– A tornado that vastated parts of the northern Lower Pensula of Michigan left bs and hom damaged and had lears pledgg the town would Natnal Weather Service Office Gaylord, Michigan, started receivg reports of a tornado jt after 3:30 p. On twister is thought to have first touched down near Elmira and went on to move through Gaylord, which is home to around 4, 000 TO WATCH FOX WEATHER ON TVVio om the heart of the town, Wt Ma Street, showed signifint damage to bs, vehicl and other astcture the tornado's path. "Gaylord has never taken a direct h om a tornado, " Jim Keysor, Natnal Weather Service meteorologist, said.

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And most people that have lived here their whole liv – they’ve never experienced a tornado Gaylord, " Keysor said. The twister – wh maximum wds of 150 mph – also jured 44 people as tore through the town of Gaylord, which ss about 60 east of Traverse Cy the state’s Lower Pensula, g what officials scribe as “tastrophic” damage.

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“It took out an sane amount of buildgs and jt jeopardized so many liv, ” said Jordan Awrey, a Gaylord Cy Council member. Brandon Smh, a 26-year-old Gaylord rint, said he was standg outsi his hoe about a quarter of a e om the tornado when he saw rollg over some tre, rellg that sound like a eight tra. About 25, 000 people live Gaylord and Otsego County, acrdg to the US Cens Bure.

Gaylord was unr a curfew until 8 a. More than a dozen hom and up to 50 rs have been lost due to the tornado, Gaylord Mayor Todd Sharrard told CNN, addg that cleanup efforts are unrway. “The muny of Gaylord is very, very strong and ’s tight-kn, ” Sharrard said.