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Just an hour after a large tornado decimated Portage, just south of Kalamazoo, the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids reported a second tornado touching down near Portage at approximately 7: ...
In a Tuesday night news conference, Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller said a tornado tore through the county, sweeping across the area from Texas Township, through Portage and into Pavilion ...
A tornado ripped a large hole into a FedEx facility. A spokesperson for the Kalamazoo County administrator’s office told MLive.com that around 50 people were trapped in the facility for a few ...
The tornado continued to cause EF0-EF1 tree damage and leaned a power pole as it passed through Baum before dissipating along US 177. [37] [64] Through its 25-minute lifespan, the tornado traveled 26.8 miles (43.1 km), had a peak width of 900 yards (820 m), killed one person, injured six others, and caused $151 million in damages. [86]
High risk convective outlook issued by the Storm Prediction center at 13:00 UTC on May 6. Starting April 30, the Storm Prediction Center noted that certain models, including the ECMWF, forecasted a multi-day period of high instability and supportive wind shear across the Southern and Central Plains, [10] and by May 1, a 15% risk was added across Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and northern Texas. [11]
A tornado also destroyed entire residences at the Pavilion Estates Mobile Home Park in Kalamazoo County, Koopman said. About 20 people were injured, according to the sheriff's office.
The Kalamazoo Tornado of 1980 struck downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Tuesday, May 13, 1980. The tornado, which touched down at 4:09 pm, was rated F3 on the Fujita scale. The tornado killed 5 people and injured 79. Damage was estimated at $50,000,000, which included $1,800,000 in vehicle damage. [1] [2]
Two tornadoes whipped up the skies in the city of Portage near Kalamazoo in southwestern Michigan. They left the city of 50,000 people with heavy damage, littering streets with debris of buildings ...