GRANT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The Nationwide Climate Service says two tornadoes touched down in Ionia County and one in Newaygo County throughout Sunday’s storms, bringing the overall in West Michigan to 5 and the overall for the state to 9.
The 2 tornadoes in Ionia County have been each EF0s, the NWS mentioned Tuesday afternoon. The primary touched down round 6:07 p.m. Sunday close to Montcalm Avenue north of M-44, west of Belding. It tracked northeast for about 2.1 miles earlier than lifting off at W. South County Line Highway and Deitz Highway round 6:10 p.m. Packing winds as much as 85 mph, it downed numerous timber, broken outbuildings and the roofs and siding of properties, the NWS reported.
The opposite in Ionia County touched down round 6:21 p.m. on the southwest facet of the intersection of Nickleplate and Olmstead roads north of Muir. With winds as much as 65 mph, it additionally tracked northeast for a couple of minute, reducing a path about half a mile lengthy earlier than lifting off on the northeast facet of the intersection. The NWS reported “minor property damage and tree damage” alongside the “brief tornado path.”
An EF0 twister touched down round 6:05 p.m. east of Grant, north of E. one hundred and twentieth Road close to Poplar Avenue, the NWS mentioned Tuesday. The twister tracked northeast for about 4 minutes, largely by way of open fields, with a path size of about 2.8 miles and a path width of about 50 yards.
Winds reached 65 mph, in response to the NWS. No accidents have been reported, however the twister broken some timber and two utility transmission towers alongside Oak Avenue.
Photographs and video: Toppled timber, church steeple after storms
A radar scan reveals what might be a twister east of Grant on March 30, 2025.
The NWS beforehand confirmed two different tornadoes in West Michigan Sunday: an EF1 close to Edwardsburg in Cass County and an EF0 in Gaines Township in Kent County. The tornadoes uprooted timber and broken buildings.
There have been additionally two confirmed tornadoes in Ingham County close to Lansing and two extra on the east facet of the state in Shiawassee and Monroe counties.
NWS confirms tornadoes close to Edwardsburg, Grand Rapids Sunday
The storms, coupled with a weekend ice storm within the northern Decrease Peninsula, brought on energy outages throughout the state. Hundreds of individuals throughout West Michigan remained with out energy Tuesday.
