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EF0 tornado in Cass County, Michigan

Tornado March 30, 2025 · Cass County, Michigan

EF0

Rating

4.6 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

$150K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Cass County → Cass County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

A tornado developed in a field west of M62 and impacted several outbuildings near the intersection of M62 and Pine Lake Street. One outbuilding lost a majority of its metal roof, with debris lofted across the street. The tornado then continued northeast, reaching peak intensity between M62 and Oil City Road. Several groves of trees were snapped or uprooted where peak wind speeds reached 90 mph. The tornado then crossed Oil City Road, snapping trees near the intersection of Jefferson Center Street and M62. Several center pivots were also flipped near that intersection. The tornado then dissipated north of Jefferson Center Street. The tornado was on the ground for 2 minutes and had a peak width of 200 yards.

The wider storm

A cold front pushed into the area during the afternoon and evening hours, interacting with decent shear and MLCAPE to allow for numerous thunderstorm development. Pockets of damaging winds occurred along with a total of six confirmed tornadoes (three in far southern Lower Michigan and three in northern Indiana).

Began near Dailey (41.8400, -86.0500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 St. Joseph County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1241138. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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