EF0 Tornado — Sanilac, Michigan

2023-07-14 · near Applegate, Sanilac, Michigan

Event narrative

A tornado touched down southeast of Applegate and tracked southeast through Townsend Road and Wixson Road. The main damage in this area was large snapped tree limbs and crop damaged. Estimated winds in this area were up to 70 mph. The beginning of the more concentrated area of damage was near the intersection of Babcock Road and Aitken Road. In this area, several large tree limbs were snapped and softwood trees uprooted in a circular pattern with one home having minor damage to fascia. Estimated peak winds in this concentrated area of damage were up to 85 mph with a width of 475 yards. The track continued moving to southeast crossing M-25 into Sanilac County Lexington Park where additional large tree limbs were downed and one snapped small softwood tree. One of the larger tree limbs fell onto a camper in the park. The track of the tornado then exited into Lake Huron.

Wider weather episode

An outbreak of multicell clusters and supercells developed across Southeast Michigan on the afternoon of July 14, 2023. These storms produced areas of wind damage, large hail to golf ball size, heavy rain, and an EF0 tornado in Sanilac County before moving eastward into Canada and the lakes during the evening. Numerous trees were downed across the region, and in the Thumb there were several reports of destroyed corn and wheat fields as well as several homes with damage to siding due to wind-blown hail.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1117365. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.