780  
WFUS53 KAPX 202036  
TORAPX  
MIC141-202100-  
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0003.220520T2036Z-220520T2100Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI  
436 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2022  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...  
 
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 435 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED OVER METZ, OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF ROGERS CITY, MOVING  
EAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.  
 
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT  
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE  
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.  
 
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...  
POSEN AROUND 445 PM EDT.  
THOMPSONS HARBOR STATE PARK AROUND 450 PM EDT.  
PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT AND PRESQUE ISLE AROUND 455 PM EDT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST  
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A  
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER  
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4523 8389 4527 8392 4531 8387 4541 8363  
4539 8358 4539 8354 4530 8336  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 252DEG 51KT 4527 8385  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN  
 

 
 
CORNISH  
 
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