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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
625 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR EF-1 TORNADO FROM ALLEGAN TO BARRY COUNTY
ALLEGAN TO BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN TORNADO APRIL 14-15 2026
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: AROUND 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: AROUND 16 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: AROUND 175 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: APRIL 14 2026
START TIME: AROUND 1152PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 ENE OTSEGO
START LAT/LON: 42.463, -85.683
END DATE: APRIL 15 2026
END TIME: AROUND 1213AM EDT
END LOCATION: HICKORY CORNERS
END LAT/LON: 42.442, -85.374
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE KALAMAZOO RIVER
ALONG 106TH AVENUE NORTH OF OTSEGO. IT CROSSED INTO BARRY COUNTY
NEAR SILVER LAKE AND LAKE DOSTER TRAVELING EAST BEFORE LIFTING
NEAR HICKORY CORNERS. WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG THE
TORNADO PATH. SEVERAL LARGE BARNS WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED AND
MULTIPLE HOMES AND BUSINESSES LOST ROOFING MATERIAL OR WERE
DAMAGED BY FALLEN TREES. DEBRIS FROM ONE BUSINESS LANDED ON US-131
FORCING IT TO BE CLOSED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME FOLLOWING THE
TORNADO.
POCKETS OF THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED JUST SOUTH OF THE
TORNADO PATH. BOTH OTSEGO AND PLAINWELL HAD SIGNIFICANT TREE AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THUNDERSTORM WINDS SOUTH OF THE
TORNADO PATH. THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE WAS ALSO FOUND EAST OF HICKORY
CORNERS AFTER THE TORNADO DISSIPATED.
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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