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EF0 tornado in Ionia County, Michigan

Tornado March 30, 2025 · Ionia County, Michigan

EF0

Rating

2.1 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

Several farm or outbuildings sustained damage with a couple of homes

seeing siding or roofing damage. A number of trees were also knocked

down or has large snapped branches/small trunks along the path. This

tornado lifted off less than one-tenth of a mile into Montcalm

County.

The wider storm

In the mid afternoon to early evening on March 30, severe storms brought destructive winds and produced tornadoes across lower Michigan. There were 9 total tornadoes in the Grand Rapids forecast area, with 14 total in the State of Michigan on March 30.

Began near Cooks Corners (43.0980, -85.3120).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

8 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Ingham County EF1 Kent County EF0 Kent County EF0 Ingham County EF0 Newaygo County EF0 Ionia County EF0 Kent County EF0 Kent County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1247986. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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