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EF0 tornado in Ottawa County, Michigan

Tornado May 15, 2025 · Ottawa County, Michigan

EF0

Rating

3.5 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 brief EF-0 tornado with top winds of 75 mph touched down in Zeeland Township and lifted off in Jamestown Township. Multiple farm buildings and trees were damaged along this brief tornado path.

The wider storm

A severe weather outbreak occurred on May 15-16 across lower Michigan that brought 8 tornadoes to the Grand Rapids forecast area and saw straight line winds in excess of 100 mph impact counties along the Lake Michigan shore on May 15. Large hail also occurred with storms on May 16. Tens of thousands were without power, some for several days due to the widespread nature of this severe weather event.

Began near Drenthe (42.7900, -85.9500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Allegan County EF1 Allegan County EF1 Kent County EF1 Eaton County EF0 Calhoun County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1265937. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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