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EF1 tornado in Kent County, Michigan

Tornado March 30, 2025 · Kent County, Michigan

EF1

Rating

1.7 mi

Path length

250 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 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

Large number of hardwood trees were uprooted with several healthy trunks snapped or stubbed.

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 Kent City (43.2470, -85.7470).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1247990. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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