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"The FedEx building in Portage sustained significant damage and is still an active scene," she said. A tornado destroyed entire residences at Pavilion Estates Mobile Home Park in Kalamazoo County ...
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 ...
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]
• One Michigan town may have been hit twice: At least one tornado, possibly two, hit Portage Tuesday evening, as the area faced two tornado warnings in just over an hour, the National Weather ...
East of the city, the tornado crossed US 49 and continued causing tree and structural damage before lifting. [33] [38] EF1 NNE of Mount Olive to SSW of Mize: Smith: MS: 01:39–01:43 3.4 mi (5.5 km) 200 yd (180 m)
This tornado was accompanied by an intense rear-flank downdraft surge, with the total damage path width being recorded at 2.7 mi (4.3 km). A Ka-POL radar from Texas Tech University had been recording the tornado throughout its life cycle, and recorded a wind gust of 87.9 m/s (197 mph; 316 km/h) near the surface, while confirming the tornado's ...
By Thursday, weather service officials determined, three tornadoes touched down in Michigan. There was an EF2 tornado in Kalamazoo County, which went about 11 miles, and, if it were spinning just ...
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]