Gaylord, Michigan

A tornado touched down Friday in the area of Gaylord, Michigan, the National Weather Service confirmed.

“So we don’t really know we don’t know the magnitude yet,” said Jim Keysor, of NWS. “We have a storm survey team out right now. Officials with the Michigan Department of Transportation said the tornado touched down near Home Depot on the west side of the city before moving east. GAYLORD, Mich. – A tornado touched down Friday on the west side of Gaylord, Michigan, the National Weather Service confirmed.

Ambulances were taking injured people to hospitals, though no deaths were confirmed, the State Police said.

"To the entire Gaylord community — Michigan is with you," she said. One building appeared to be largely collapsed and a Goodwill store was badly damaged. "There are roofs ripped off businesses, a row of industrial-type warehouses," Thrasher said. The whole roof is missing. Lawson said the pace of people being brought to the hospital had slowed by Friday evening. Traffic lights stopped working and emergency vehicles are the only ones around.

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"The MSP urgeS Michiganders to avoid the Gaylord area. "We are monitoring the extreme weather situation in Gaylord and Northern Michigan closely. We will do what it takes to rebuild." "My heart goes out to the families and small businesses impacted by the tornado and severe weather in Gaylord," she said. "There are roofs ripped off businesses, a row of industrial-type warehouses," Thrasher said. At least half the building is still here. The whole roof is missing. Ambulances are transporting injured persons to local hospitals. Gaylord also is host to the annual Alpenfest in July, what it describes as an "Alpine-inspired celebration" honoring the city's heritage and a partnership with a sister city in Switzerland. "I'm lucky I'm alive. It's bad." As of 7:30 p.m., about 12,000 customers are currently without power.

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Video posted on social media showed extensive damage along Gaylord's Main Street. One building appeared to be largely collapsed and a Goodwill store was badly damaged. There were a lot of emergency vehicles heading from the east side of town.” It blew the back off the building,” he said. The whole roof is missing. “In less than five minutes it was over.” “There are roofs ripped off businesses, a row of industrial-type warehouses,” Thrasher said.

Michigan State Police asked the public to avoid the Gaylord area as emergency crews respond after a tornado touched down there on Friday afternoon.

The clash of those air masses occurred over Michigan and we had a turning of the winds in the atmosphere, which … gave us everything we needed, ingredient-wise, for the tornado to occur." "The last big direct-impact severe weather event was Sept. 1998, when there was significant damage with 100 mph straight-line winds." He worked at a business within walking distance of the Hobby Lobby where meteorologists believe the tornado first landed forcefully. There’s going to be a lot of support.” "We had a fairly strong cold front coming in from Wisconsin that had cooler air behind it. A weather service storm team was assessing the damage Friday, he said. He even stepped outside the truck repair shop where he works to record the storm with his cell phone. “That’s when I saw the big swirl in my rearview mirror.” Feole and her children safely arrived home, several miles from downtown, but was worried about her husband, David, who she had been FaceTiming with when the tornado hit. I just know we’re going to rebuild. We will do what it takes to rebuild." Otsego Memorial is part of the Munson Healthcare system.

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"We don't have sirens like in other parts of the country." : "Trees and power lines blocking roadways. Emergency crews are responding."

State Police confirmed the death from Friday afternoon's twister, which damaged the city about two and a half hours north of Lansing.

As it moved into Gaylord, the Weather Service warned of a “a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado.” It urged residents to take cover. “To the entire Gaylord community — Michigan is with you. “My heart goes out to the families and small businesses impacted by the tornado and severe weather in Gaylord,” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) tweeted.

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"To the entire Gaylord community — Michigan is with you," she said. Traffic lights stopped working and emergency vehicles are the only ones around. The tornado touched down at 3:45 p.m. and was much longer than the area would expect. The weather service is examining the area and reviewing the damage. "For northern Michigan, it will likely be a fairly long, damaged path," Keysor said. The roof of the Hobby Lobby was ripped off, and the town is eerily empty.

At least one person has died and 44 others were injured when a tornado touched down in Gaylord, Michigan on Friday, according to Gaylord Mayor Todd Sharrad.

“Well my heart was racing, I was very nervous because I had actually never seen a tornado before and never seen it in action with debris so I was pretty nervous. “So we don’t really know we don’t know the magnitude yet,” said Jim Keysor, of NWS. “We have a storm survey team out right now. We’re Michiganders, and we’re tough, resilient, and we’ve been through a lot of tough stuff together, especially in the last few years, and we will get through this.” “It’s been a tough week for Northern Michigan,” said Whitmer. “We’ve had the fire of the blue lake to today’s tornado right here in Gaylord, and I know it’s going to be a tough weekend for families here. NWS officials said they will be surveying the damage Friday afternoon and evening. MDOT also reported that debris were tossed onto nearby roads, including M-32. Drivers are asked to drive with caution in the area.

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I didn’t even make it down to the worst part, but it was like driving around a warzone.” The E-Free church housed about 10 people as cleanup was underway the night of the natural disaster. Let’s all hug our families a little tighter, and let’s all work together to rebuild and recover from this storm together.” We are resilient. And then I kind of went down in town just a little ways and started to see all the damage to the buildings. “I saw power poles snapped in half,” said Pastor Scott Distler. “You basically had to navigate like a warzone.

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We will do what it takes to rebuild." "There had been trailers picked up and turned over on top of each other and, you know, just a very large debris field from the trailers." "I imagine it was deafening for those in its path," Smith said. "It took out an insane amount of buildings and just jeopardized so many lives," said Jordan Awrey, a Gaylord city council member. "My heart goes out to the families and small businesses impacted by the tornado and severe weather in Gaylord," she said on social media. Roads were also blocked by downed trees and powerlines.

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The video depicts the formation of a supercell storm that would later spawn a devastating tornado that killed two and at least 44 injured.

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The deaths were reported in a mobile home park on the outskirts of Gaylord, where crews continued to search the wreckage on Saturday.

Crews continued to look on Saturday for a person who was reported missing from another part of the region. One of them was found overnight Friday during a search of the mobile home park with a cadaver dog. “Up here, stuff like this doesn’t happen,” said Joshua Comoford, 22, who was handing out drinks to firefighters and volunteers on Saturday at the mobile home park. As cleanup began on Saturday, and as more than 40 people were treated for injuries, officials struggled to make sense of the damage in a region where tornadoes are rare. Mr. Clayton said he had heard about the coming storm only because of a call from his older brother, Declan, who was at a Meijer gas station just down the street and saw swirling winds and circling birds in the sky. Smashed bricks and shattered plywood were strewn outside the entrance of a Tropical Smoothie Cafe.