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EF1 tornado in Clare County, Michigan

Tornado July 5, 2024 · Clare County, Michigan

EF1
Rating
12.1 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
$2.0M
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The first indications of tornado damage were near Bringold Avenue about one-third of a mile south of Mannsiding Road. The tornado traveled east northeast across Lake George and continued east near Cedar Road and continued on to the east northeast

crossing US-127 and ending just south of the intersection of East Gladwin Road and South Rodgers Avenue.

The damage included boats flipped on Lake George as well as hundreds of

trees downed along the path - including some trees falling onto homes.

There was a concentrated area of damage where winds were estimated

at 95 mph just east of Old State Road about one-quarter mile south

of Mannsiding Road. After that, the damage became intermittent and

weaker with some pockets of 65-80 mph damage.

The wider storm

An isolated tornado struck Clare county with top winds estimated at 95 mph. Numerous trees were blown down, several boats were flipped and there was damage to several homes. No injuries or fatalities were reported.

Began near Lake George (43.9500, -84.9500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1203956. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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