375  
WFUS53 KAPX 201955  
TORAPX  
MIC119-137-202030-  
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0002.220520T1955Z-220520T2030Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI  
355 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2022  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
NORTHEASTERN OTSEGO COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...  
NORTHWESTERN MONTMORENCY COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...  
 
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 354 PM EDT, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SPARR, OR NEAR  
GAYLORD, MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...MULTIPLE REPORTS OF A TORNADO IN PROGRESS NEAR GAYLORD.  
 
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.  
 
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...  
EASTERN CORWITH TOWNSHIP AROUND 400 PM EDT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TO REPEAT, A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4510 8421 4504 8456 4510 8459 4515 8453  
4520 8443 4520 8424  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 249DEG 48KT 4506 8456  
 
TORNADO...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN  
 

 
 
CORNISH  
 
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