EF0 tornado in Wayne County, Michigan

The tornado first touched down just south of Martz Road, between

Rawsonville Road and Hoeft Road. At its onset, it flipped a hayride trailer before continuing its northeast path toward Hull Road. The most concentrated EF-1 damage was found along and just south of Hull Road, specifically between Elwell Road and Bak Road. Maximum estimated winds of 100 mph. In this area, surveyors observed multiple uprooted and snapped hardwood and pine trees, several snapped telephone poles, and a large barn that sustained significant damage, including a wall being completely blown out. The tornado continued northeast, crossing Sumpter Road where it downed power lines and several large tree limbs. The circulation lifted shortly after, just before reaching Savage Road on the western edge of Belleville.

A cold front moved across Southeast Michigan during the late afternoon and early evening of April 4. This triggered two lines of thunderstorms that caused pockets of damage south of I-94. The most significant storm occurred in Wayne County, producing an EF-1 tornado in Van Buren Township. The system also dumped 1 to 3 inches of rain, with some areas seeing up to 4 inches. Because the region had already received 3 to 5 inches over the previous five days, these additional downpours caused the Tittabawassee, Clinton, and Flint rivers to overflow. In addition, significant localized flooding occurred on already saturated ground, with the hardest-hit area being northwest Oakland County, specifically in and around Holly.