The result: 116 fatalities, more than 350 homes and businesses leveled and close to 850 people injured. Tornado Information for Michigan. ... Alaska's temperature has risen by 4 degrees Fahrenheit in the last 50 years, that's compared with 2 degrees for the rest of the planet. Occurring from April 2–3, 1956, the outbreak produced 47 tornadoes, including an F5 tornado that devastated the Hudsonville and Standale areas in the U.S. state of Michigan on April 3. With an approaching derecho from Illinois, our biggest concern is the possibility of this occurring from South Haven southward at/on the beaches.
Nearly 1,000 tornadoes touched down in the state from 1950-2012, making the state 20th in nation in the number of Tornadoes, In Michigan if you were to draw a line along M-46 across the state, the areas south of that line would be Michigan’s tornado ally. of Michigan, through Green Bay, Milwaukee, Chicago, and all the way south to almost Champaign , Illinois.
Water levels in Ludington rose about a foot an a half! See image below. Historical tornado statistics Tornado statistics are available for as a summary for all of Southeast Michigan, and are also broken out by county. Now that is some serious April COLD! According to the National Weather Service. Michigan averages 16 tornados per year, resulting in an average of 3 fatalities. We had such an event in 1998. Golfing and morels!!!
Vulnerability Southern lower Michigan has been designated as Wind Zone IV by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. So happy spring is finally here.Cool morning – 36 here at the station.
Regardless, my lawn is nice and green. WEST MICHIGAN — Southwest Lower Michigan remains in an "ENHANCED" risk for severe weather late this afternoon and into the evening. Trees are budding.
NWS: 4 tornadoes ripped through Mid-Michigan Four tornadoes touched down in Mid-Michigan on March 14 and left a path of carnage in their wake. US Dept of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac, MI 9200 White Lake Road White Lake, MI 48386 WOW!The rain missed us overnight, but we probably could use some.
WEST MICHIGAN — Southwest Lower Michigan remains in an "ENHANCED" risk for severe weather late this afternoon and into the evening. While it remains questionable whether this derecho can remain intact and affect West Michigan, other individual thunderstorm cells may form separate from the derecho and generate severe thunderstorm warnings, damaging straight line winds, and perhaps some isolated large hail. Includes a narrative describing the strongest tornadoes.
As part of this weekends series on tornadoes here is some information on some of the bigger past Michigan tornadoes.According to the National Weather Service. See the image below issued this afternoon from The Storm Prediction Center. See the map below. The storm generates a wave that moves towards the shore, and is amplified by a shallow continental shelf and inlet, bay, or other coastal feature. The deadliest Michigan tornado occurred in Beecher -- near Flint -- on June 8, 1953.
Lake Michigan experienced one of these on April 13, 2018 around Ludington. Make sure to keep an eye to the sky and have multiple ways to receive severe weather warnings and information either from our FOX 17 mobile weather APP, Winds up to 75 mph, but likely only around 60 with individual storm cells. Tornado Information for Novi, Michigan Novi, MI is a Moderate Risk area for tornados.
For the state specific records of multi-state tornadoes, the exit or lift-off point from the state in decimal degrees.
A meteotsunami is a large wave (or waves) driven by air pressure drops and disturbances associated with fast moving strong to severe thunderstorms, squalls, derechos, or fronts. Counties in a high risk tornado area include Shiawassee County, MI, Genesee County, MI and Livingston County, MI.The largest tornado on record occurred on …
We’ve been out flying kites. It’s a great day for that.Already up to 51 in GR!! Please exercise caution in these areas today. Tornado … According to records, the largest tornado in the Novi area was an F4 in 1976 that caused 55 injuries and 1 deaths. Another Rocky failed prediction!No rain last night the last time we had a good rain(ice/snow) was back on the 14th and 15th with ice and snow. Seven Possible Tornado Touchdowns Reported in Michigan . That said, we are also concerned about the possibility of a meteotsunami.
Not much rain fell over night, just .04.
Again, these are characterized by strong, damaging straight line winds. Perfect SPRING weather!!
Recall that a derecho is well defined line of very strong to severe storms with intense winds that typically can move over long distances.