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NOUS43 KGRR 072348
PNSGRR
MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-081200-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
648 PM EST SAT MAR 7 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/06/26 TORNADO EVENT
OVERVIEW
A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE FOR TORNADO
DAMAGE IN UNION CITY, BRANCH COUNTY, MICHIGAN, CONTINUED INTO
CALHOUN COUNTY, WHERE IT PRODUCED A WEAKER TORNADO HALFWAY
BETWEEN TEKONSHA AND HOMER.
CLARENDON TOWNSHIP TORNADO
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.75 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 125 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: MAR 06 2026
START TIME: 458 PM EST
START LOCATION: 4 NE TEKONSHA / CALHOUN / MICHIGAN
START LAT/LON: 42.131 / -84.936
END DATE: MAR 06 2026
END TIME: 503 PM EST
END LOCATION: 4 W HOMER / CALHOUN / MICHIGAN
END LAT/LON: 42.145 / -84.829
SURVEY SUMMARY: EF-0 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS AROUND 85 MPH BEGAN
JUST WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF P DRIVE SOUTH AND 18 1/2 MILE
ROAD. THE DAMAGE PATH ENDED NEAR N DRIVE SOUTH BETWEEN 20 MILE
ROAD AND 21 1/2 MILE ROAD. SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED ALONG THE
PATH, AND SOME UNHEALTHY TRUNK SNAPS. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO
SOME STRUCTURES, INCLUDING A ROOF OFF A CHICKEN COOP, AND AN
EXPOSED FARM OUTBUILDING WITH SOME WALLS COLLAPSED AND METAL ROOF
MATERIAL SCATTERED DOWNFIELD. THE END POINT HAD AN UPROOTED TREE
OR TWO, BUT ALSO NUMEROUS TREES THAT HAD LIMBS RECENTLY TORN OFF
PRESUMABLY NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE TORNADO, AS THE ONLY TORN
LIMBS WERE THOSE HANGING OVER THE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY.
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.
CAS/OSTUNO
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