Tornado Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI

Issued

Aug 1, 2002, 2:18 PM EDT (18:18 UTC)

Expired

Aug 1, 2002, 2:45 PM EDT

In force

27 min

Issued by

NWS Gaylord, MI

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Otsego County, MI

328 
WFUS53 KAPX 011818
TORAPN
MIC137-011845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
218 PM EDT THU AUG 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OTSEGO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 214 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  VANDERBILT...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF GAYLORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM WILL REACH...
  SPARR AND GAYLORD AROUND 225 PM EDT
  JOHANNESBURG AROUND 235 PM EDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES
SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4491 8437 4507 8484 4511 8481 4512 8473
          4520 8473 4520 8460 4514 8437

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