Will there be a tornado in Northern Michigan?
Northern Michigan is not used to tornadoes or severe weather in general. Gaylord's last major severe weather event was in 1998 when a straight-line wind event produced 100 mph winds in the town. “We don't get a whole lot of tornadoes,” John Boris of the National Weather Service said in the Saturday morning briefing.
What happened in the tornado in Otsego County?
At least one large building collapsed while several cars were flipped and damaged. An RV and mobile trailer park was also heavily damaged. The Nottingham mobile home park, among the first sites hit by the tornado, had “95% destruction,” Otsego County Fire Chief Chris Martin said in a press conference Saturday morning.
What kind of damage did the Gaylord tornado in Michigan cause?
Jim Gorno of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources told CNN the tornado caused “catastrophic” damage. Video of the Gaylord, MI tornado shot by Kenneth Hoy on Facebook.
How many people were killed in the tornado in Michigan?
The tornado killed at least one person, caused dozens of injuries and leveled homes and buildings in the northern Lower Peninsula. Michigan State Police said in a statement that at least one person was killed and at least 44 people were treated for injuries at a local hospital.
Where did the tornado hit in Michigan?
city of GaylordThe tornado that struck the city of Gaylord, about 230 miles north of Detroit, created damage consistent with an EF3 rating, and had maximum winds of 150 mph, the National Weather Service said Saturday. It damaged an unknown number of homes and businesses and felled trees and power lines, Gov.
Has a tornado ever hit Michigan?
There have been 43 F-3 and EF-3 tornadoes in Michigan since 1950, including the Friday, May 20, EF-3 in Gaylord. Dr. Fujita started ranking tornadoes in 1971 on the spot, and then went back and looked at previous tornadoes back to 1950. Here's the map showing the tracks of all of the F-3 and EF-3 tornadoes in Michigan.
When was the last ef5 tornado in Michigan?
April 3, 1956Large sections of neighborhoods were completely destroyed. It was the last tornado to kill more than 100 people until it was surpassed by the Joplin, Missouri, tornado on May 22, 2011. The last F5 tornado in Michigan was the Hudsonville-Standale tornado of April 3, 1956.
What was the worst tornado in Michigan?
the Flint-Beecher tornadoFlint, Mich. – On Monday, June 8, 1953, disaster struck the north side of Flint and the northern suburb of Beecher. The National Weather Service reported that the Flint-Beecher tornado was Michigan's worst natural disaster in terms of deaths and injuries.