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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
541 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2025
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR EF-0 TORNADO FROM GALESBURG TO BATTLE CREEK...
GALESBURG TO BATTLE CREEK MICHIGAN TORNADO ON MAY 15 2025
RATING: EF-O
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: AROUND 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: AROUND 10 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: AROUND 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: MAY 15 2025
START TIME: AROUND 1059PM
START LOCATION: GALESBURG, MICHIGAN
START LAT/LON: 42.2951, -85.4070
END DATE: MAY 15 2025
END TIME: AROUND 1111PM
END LOCATION: BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN
END LAT/LON: 42.3119, -85.2116
THE TORNADO RESULTED IN MAINLY TREE DAMAGE ALONG ITS 10 MILE
PATH. MORE CONCENTRATED TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE BEGINNING AND
THE END OF THE PATH WITH INTERMITTENT DAMAGE IN BETWEEN. SEVERAL
STRUCTURES HAD MINOR DAMAGE FROM THE TORNADO WITH SOME HOMES BEING
DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES.
THE TORNADO BEGAN IN KALAMAZOO COUNTY AND ENDED IN CALHOUN 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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