Tornadoes in Michigan number more than 100 over past decade

Within the final 10 years, there have been greater than 100 tornadoes throughout the state of Michigan, however just one different recorded was as extreme because the storm that tore by way of Otsego County this month.

2012

The final time Michigan recorded an EF-3 twister, one with comparable wind speeds to the one which struck Gaylord Might 20, was in 2012, in response to knowledge from the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s storm occasions database.

The storm touched down close to Dexter on March 15 of that yr, in response to a report on the storm from the Nationwide Climate Service. It’s uncommon for such a storm in March, the report notes, however the EF-3 twister, with winds estimated as excessive as 140 miles per hour, was one in every of three produced by that storm.

It destroyed one residence, whereas one other “had solely inside rooms left standing,” the report continues. At the least 200 properties throughout the realm had no less than some harm.

There have been 5 different tornadoes that yr — three EF-1s and one every EF-0 and EF-2.

2013

In 2013, there have been 12 tornadoes. Six shaped on Might 28, throughout Genesee and Shiawassee counties. The strongest one that day was an EF-2 that went by way of each counties, reaching as much as 130 miles per hour.

4 of the yr’s tornadoes shaped on Nov. 17 and unfold throughout the state. The strongest, an EF-1 with winds as much as 110 miles per hour, hit Cass County.

“An uncommon November extreme climate outbreak — together with a particularly uncommon twister — impacted northern Michigan,” the Nationwide Climate Service famous in its storm survey from the day. “Thunderstorms ignited alongside and forward of a powerful chilly entrance that crossed the area.”

2014

Six of the 13 tornadoes in 2014 had been EF-0, that means they’d three-second gusts between 65 and 85 miles per hour, whereas the opposite seven had been EF-1s, with gusts between 86 and 110 miles per hour.

Many shaped throughout the summer time months, together with a cluster on July 6 that damage six individuals. An extra 4 tornadoes touched down in September, together with a cluster of three on Sept. 1.

2015

There have been 14 confirmed tornadoes in 2015, injuring seven individuals throughout the state.

Included in that quantity was a confirmed EF-2 in Tuscola County that shaped as a part of a storm that produced a number of different tornadoes in a single day between June 22-23.

5 minor accidents had been recorded that very same day in a distinct cluster of storms on the western facet of the state.

2016

Throughout the state, 16 tornadoes touched down in 2016. That features two tornadoes, each EF-1s, that hit western Marquette County within the Higher Peninsula.

Six of these tornadoes moved by way of the western a part of the state later that yr on Aug. 20, together with one which touched down in Grand Rapids.

In complete, 9 of the tornadoes in 2016 had been EF-1s, with the remainder recorded as EF-0.

2017

Solely 9 tornadoes had been confirmed in 2017, in response to NOAA’s database.

4, every an EF-1, got here by way of in February. The utmost estimated wind pace was 110 miles per hour, damaging many properties and uprooting dozens of timber.

One other EF-1 twister tore by way of Kent and Ionia counties, damaging a number of timber.

2018

Of 15 confirmed tornadoes recorded in 2018, 5 had been EF-1s and the remainder had been EF-0s.

Probably the most damaging had been recorded on Sept. 25 in Monroe and Wayne counties. The tornadoes blew out home windows, uprooted timber and brought about greater than $1 million in property harm, in response to storm surveys from the Nationwide Climate Service.

2019

Officers confirmed eight tornadoes in Michigan in 2019, together with 4 that touched down on March 14.

Of these 4, one was an EF-2 that hit close to Vernon in Shiawassee County and brought about practically $10 million in harm, in response to the storm survey. It carried some particles seven miles throughout the county.

“One roof was utterly taken off, a second story wall collapsed, and quite a few properties with wall harm,” the report notes, along with snapping a number of timber.

The opposite tornadoes recorded that yr had been all EF-0s.

2020

There have been solely three confirmed tornadoes in 2020, in response to NOAA, all in August and all within the Higher Peninsula.

Two of these reached EF-1 speeds, in response to the stories. One, close to Crystal Falls in Iron County close to the Wisconsin border, snapped “at least 50 to 100 wholesome softwood and hardwood timber.”

The opposite was solely two minutes lengthy however dropped timber on one residence, inflicting an estimated $150,000 in harm.

2021

Probably the most energetic twister yr of the final decade, 2021, had 18 confirmed tornadoes starting in April and going as late as October.

The strongest was an EF-2 with winds as much as 120 miles per hour in Huron County that shaped as a part of the June storms that brought about flooding and different harm in a lot of south Michigan final yr. It broken six properties, together with three the place the roof got here off utterly. It resulted in Lake Huron, however not earlier than inflicting practically $2 million in harm.

The opposite tornadoes within the state had been 10 EF-0s and 7 EF-1s.

2022

The twister close to Gaylord is believed to be the primary confirmed one within the state in 2022. It doesn’t but seem in NOAA’s storm occasions database.

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