EF2 Tornado — Kalamazoo, Michigan

2024-05-07 · near Texas Corners, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Event narrative

An EF-2 tornado touched down near the intersection of South 10th Street and West R Avenue and traveled east northeast for around 11 miles until it lifted north of East N Avenue just west of 31st street. Many homes, including two mobile home parks, were severely damaged. Over 500 homes were impacted, 305 of which were in Portage. Twenty three of those homes were destroyed. A number of businesses had significant damage. Thousands of trees were either snapped or uprooted. A large section of the roof of an industrial warehouse also collapsed near the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek international airport. Twelve people were injured. There were no fatalities.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms developed during the evening hours of May 7th, resulting in several reports of damaging wind gusts and large hail. An EF-2 tornado struck southern Kalamazoo county as well resulting in twelve injuries and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to area homes and businesses.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1184863. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.