A huge line of violent storms crossed a large part of Michigan on Thursday evening and early this morning, causing a hilly wave of tornado warnings.
Although the National Weather Service did not confirm any official tornado early this morning, there have been several reports of funnel clouds seen and tornado tornado, with rotation and “debris balls” that accompany the radar. It can be a day or two before we know if we had official tornadoes – and how much we had them.
In some counties like Ingham, emergency officials went out during the night to see if they could spot storm damage. The NWS should send investigation teams today to check the damage reports to see if it was caused by a tornado, or simply damage the winds in a straight line.
Powerful winds exceeding 70 MPH have been reported, as well as “gustnado” winds which have dropped a multitude of trees on the storm path. Gustnado’s winds are whirlwind -shaped gusts that are formed at the edge of a storm line.
These winds overthrew at least two half Demi-Fins, trapping people inside, according to reports from emergency officials. A semi would have been returned to Ingham County on the United States 127 near Barnes Street, south of Mason. The second report of a semi -overturned came from the county of Eaton, on Millet Highway between South Canal Road and South Creyts Road.
One of the many trees to cause serious damage to a house in the canton of Oshtemo on Thursday evening, on May 15, 2025. The firefighters said that there were trees in houses like this on Wilmemere Street in the county of Kalamazoo.Photo provided by Ryan Boldrey | Do
The strong winds also sent trees to houses, especially in the canton of Oshtemo in the county of Kalamazoo. There was no immediate report of injuries.
More than 200,000 houses and businesses were without being able to soon today. Most of these are the customers of energy consumers. Public service said that it had mobilized 500 company teams and contract workers to manage breakdowns before the storm on Thursday.
