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EF0 tornado in Calhoun County, Michigan

Tornado March 6, 2026 · Calhoun County, Michigan

EF0
Rating
2.8 mi
Path length
125 yd
Path width
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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

EF-0 tornado with peak winds around 85 mph began

just west of the intersection of P Drive South and 18 1/2 Mile

Road. The damage path ended near N Drive South between 20 Mile

Road and 21 1/2 Mile Road. Several trees were uprooted along the

path, and some unhealthy trunk snaps. There was minor damage to

some structures, including a roof off a chicken coop, and an

exposed farm outbuilding with some walls collapsed and metal roof

material scattered downfield. The end point had an uprooted tree

or two, but also numerous trees that had limbs recently torn off

presumably not associated with the tornado, as the only torn

limbs were those hanging over the road right-of-way.

The wider storm

Severe weather impacted lower Michigan on March 6th. 1 tornado occurred in the Grand Rapids County Warning Area while 3 occurred in the Northern Indiana County Warning Area.

Began near Tekonsha (42.1300, -84.9400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1327109. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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