Officials have nfirmed the tornado that touched down Gaylord on Friday was an EF-3 wh maximum wds of around 150 mph.
Contents:
- HERE WAS THE PATH OF THE GAYLORD TORNADO THAT LEFT TWO AD, 44 JURED
- DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWS EXTENT OF TORNADO DAMAGE GAYLORD, MICHIGAN
- OFFICIALS SAY TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN GAYLORD WAS EF-3 WH MAX WDS OF 150 MPH
- TAKG A LOOK AT THE AFTERMATH OF THE TORNADO THAT STCK GAYLORD
HERE WAS THE PATH OF THE GAYLORD TORNADO THAT LEFT TWO AD, 44 JURED
At least one person was killed after a tornado touched down Gaylord Otsego County, Michigan, May 20, acrdg to Michigan State footage, ptured by Brendan Gutenschwager, shows an aerial view of the stctn and damage ed by the said at least 43 people were jured and transported to lol hospals.Michigan Governor Gretchen Whmer issued a state of emergency for Otsego County to fast track rourc to affected areas. Cred: Brendan Gutenschwager via Storyful * track of gaylord tornado *
The tornado that ripped through Gaylord on Friday, killg 2 and leavg 44 jured, left nsirable wreckage s wake.
Collapsed mercial and rintial buildgs, downed power l and cshed vehicl were among the remnants of the 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.
DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWS EXTENT OF TORNADO DAMAGE GAYLORD, MICHIGAN
* track of gaylord tornado *
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. Gaylord has no tornado sirens, but rints do receive alerts through their cellphon. For a more -pth view of the meteorology and damage behd the historic EF-3 Gaylord, MI tornado, vis this page.
OFFICIALS SAY TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN GAYLORD WAS EF-3 WH MAX WDS OF 150 MPH
Multiple thunrstorms tracked across northern Michigan durg the afternoon, cludg a supercell thunrstorm that produced the tornado that h the town of Gaylord along wh very large hail other parts of the area. This storm moved east-northeast across a very favorable environment place across northern lower Michigan, eventually producg a tornado that ed nsirable damage the cy of Gaylord.
TAKG A LOOK AT THE AFTERMATH OF THE TORNADO THAT STCK GAYLORD
Tornado: Gaylord. The tornado strengthened as crossed Otsego County, beg EF-3 wh maximum wds of 150 mph and around the Cy of Gaylord. The tornado ntued northeast of Gaylord before liftg about 2 east-northeast of Sparr.
0348 PM TORNADO 2 W GAYLORD 45. GAYLORD AT APPROXIMATELY 3:53PM.