754  
WWUS53 KAPX 150305  
SVSAPX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI  
1105 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2026  
 
MIC055-079-113-165-150315-  
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260415T0315Z/  
WEXFORD MI-GRAND TRAVERSE MI-KALKASKA MI-MISSAUKEE MI-  
1105 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2026  
 
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR  
NORTHEASTERN WEXFORD...SOUTHEASTERN GRAND TRAVERSE...SOUTHWESTERN  
KALKASKA AND NORTHWESTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTIES...  
 
AT 1104 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGSLEY, OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF TRAVERSE CITY, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO.  
 
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...  
KINGSLEY AND FIFE LAKE AROUND 1110 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.  
 
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT  
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4438 8551 4452 8561 4471 8537 4444 8516  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 239DEG 22KT 4451 8553  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
 
 
 
ELD  
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