EF1 tornado in Allegan County, Michigan
Tornado May 15, 2025 · Allegan County, Michigan
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Allegan County → Barry County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
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 the National Weather Service wrote
The tornado developed near the intersection of 114th Ave and N 16th Street where a power pole was pushed over. The developing tornado crossed Schnable Lake and heavily damaged the campground on the north side of the lake, including several flipped trailers and destroyed roofs from falling trees. Damage to structures
continued as the tornado crossed 115th Avenue. The most significant damage occurred near and east of the intersection of 116th Ave and US-131 and continued east into downtown Martin. The tornado slowly weakened as it moved east of Martin before
dissipating near the Allegan/Barry county line (Boysen Road).
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 Watson Corners (42.5200, -85.7000).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1265939. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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