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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
..CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
936 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 09/03/2026 TORNADO EVENT
DETROIT TORNADO
RATING: EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.50 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0.5 MILES
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: 09/03/2026
START TIME: 4:14 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 NE COMERICA PARK / WAYNE COUNTY / MI
START LAT/LON: 42.3685 / -83.0291
END DATE: 09/03/2026
END TIME: 4:18 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 3 E DETROIT / WAYNE COUNTY / MI
END LAT/LON: 42.3363 / -82.9773
SURVEY SUMMARY: A FAST MOVING TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG HANCOCK
RD NEAR ELLERY PL WHERE IT SNAPPED TREE LIMBS AND DAMAGED
RESIDENTIAL SIDING. AS IT CROSSED E FOREST AVE IT OVERTURNED AN
OUTBUILDING AND DAMAGED THE ROOF OF THE PREFERRED MEAL SYSTEMS
BUILDING, INCLUDING PARTIAL TEARING OF THE ROOF AND TIPPING OF AN
HVAC UNIT. PORTIONS OF THE FENCE BEHIND THE BUILDING WERE BENT
WITH AREAS OF SHEET METAL BLOWN OUT. A LARGE TREE WAS ALSO
UPROOTED AND FELL ACROSS GARFIELD ST. TORNADIC DAMAGE CONTINUED TO
THE MT ELLIOT AND GRATIOT AVE INTERSECTION WHERE IT DETACHED
TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND SNAPPED SEVERAL TREES.
DAMAGE INTENSITY INCREASED AND BECAME MORE WIDESPREAD ALONG A
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST PATH FROM THE INTERSECTION OF MACK AVE AND MT
ELLIOT ST TO THE INTERSECTION OF E GRAND BLVD AND E LAFAYETTE ST.
THIS INCLUDED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS ALONG
BELLEVUE ST AND BEAUFAIT ST WITH ROOFS PARTIALLY TORN OFF AND
WALLS COLLAPSED OR BLOWN OUT. FURTHER SOUTHEAST INTO THE
RESIDENTIAL AREAS TOWARD CONCORD AVE AND CANTON ST NUMEROUS LARGE
TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED, ELECTRICAL AND LIGHTING POLES
WERE BENT OR SNAPPED, AND HOMES EXHIBITED ROOF/SIDING/WINDOW
DAMAGE. TWO VACANT BUILDINGS COLLAPSED ALONG ST PAUL ST NEAR
CONCORD AVE WITH MINIMAL BRICK STRUCTURE REMAINING. ALSO WORTH
NOTING, SOME SHEET METAL FROM THE UTICA WASHERS BUILDING WAS FOUND
ONE MILE AWAY IN A FIELD NEAR HELEN ST AND E CONGRESS ST. DAMAGE
IN THIS STRETCH WAS CONSISTENT WITH HIGH-END EF-1 TO LOW-END
EF-2 INDICATORS.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED TRACKING ALONG E GRAND BLVD OVER ITS
INTERSECTION WITH E JEFFERSON AVE FURTHER SNAPPING OR UPROOTING
TREES IN GABRIEL RICHARD PARK. ADDITIONALLY THE SIGN OF THE PEKIN
RESTAURANT WAS NEARLY ENTIRELY TORN OFF WITH A NEARBY BUILDING
EXHIBITING SUBSTANTIAL BRICK FASCIA TORN OFF AS WELL AS ROOF
DAMAGE.
THE TORNADIC TRACK CONTINUED OVER THE DETROIT RIVER TO BELLE ISLE
MAKING LANDFALL JUST EAST OF THE BELLE ISLE BOAT HOUSE WHERE A
SCULL BOAT WAS BLOWN INTO A TREE AS WELL AS NUMEROUS TREES
UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF BELLE ISLE BEFORE ENDING NEAR THE MODEL YACHT BASIN
WHERE THE TORNADO REACHED THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DETROIT RIVER.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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