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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
540 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR EF-1 TORNADO EATON TO INGHAM COUNTY
EATON TO INGHAM COUNTY MICHIGAN TORNADO ON MAY 15 2025
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: AROUND 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: AROUND 15.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: AROUND 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: MAY 15 2025
START TIME: AROUND 1125PM
START LOCATION: 2.5 NW CHARLOTTE
START LAT/LON: 42.6004, -84.8557
END DATE: MAY 15 2025
END TIME: AROUND 1139PM
END LOCATION: LANSING
END LAT/LON: 42.7182, -84.5965
TREE AND STRUCTURE DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO. A NUMBER OF HOMES HAD ROOFING MATERIAL RIPPED
AWAY AND SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED. THE
TORNADO ALSO DAMAGED A NUMBER OF WAREHOUSE TYPE BUILDINGS ALONG ITS PATH.
THE TORNADO BEGAN IN EATON COUNTY AND ENDED IN INGHAM COUNTY.
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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