![]() Gaylord is a popular stop along the busy I-75 route to the vacation destinations of northern Michigan, but as of Monday, May 23, the I-75 exits into the city’s main business were still closed. Because of the rarity of tornadoes, the city does not have tornado sirens, and tornado awareness is a concern (check out the astonishing disinterest this man displays while walking through the tornado). Since accurate tornado records began in 1950, no tornado had come closer than eight miles from Gaylord. (Further south on that same day, the Flint tornado took 116 lives, making it the state’s deadliest on record.) The Gaylord tornado is just the fifth deadly tornado to hit northern Lower Michigan the deadliest was an EF2 that passed just northwest of Tawas City on June 8, 1953, killing four. The only deadly Michigan tornado on record to occur farther to the north was an EF1 that hit Longrie in the Upper Peninsula on June 8, 1985, killing one person. Northern Michigan very rarely experiences strong tornadoes: Only four other Michigan EF3 tornadoes have been documented to occur farther north than the Gaylord tornado. Michigan last experienced a deadlier tornado in 1980, when five died in an EF3 that hit Kalamazoo. The Gaylord tornado was the state’s first EF3 twister since the 2012 Dexter tornado, and Michigan’s first deadly twister since 2010. Strong killer tornadoes are uncommon in Michigan. (Image credit: MSP Northern Michigan) A rare location for a strong tornado The tornado killed two people, with both fatalities occurring in the mobile home park. Damage to the Nottingham Forest mobile home park in Gaylord, Michigan, after the EF3 tornado. Graphic courtesy of /rAz2spcxBG- Jeff Masters Figure 1. Only four other Michigan EF3 tornadoes have been documented to occur farther north than the May 20, 2022, Gaylord tornado three of these EF3s were in the Upper Peninsula.
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