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EF0 tornado in Saginaw County, Michigan

Tornado April 14, 2026 · Saginaw County, Michigan

EF0

Rating

0.6 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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

The tornado touched down just to the northwest of Roedel Rd and S Reimer Rd.

EF-0 damage occurred along the path of the tornado as it moved southeast. Two

barns were damaged and lost the majority of roofing. Some siding on an

adjacent house was also ripped off. Pine trees were uprooted and several

hardwood trees lost large limbs along the path. Peak winds estimated at 80 mph. The tornado lifted of in a field south of Roedel Rd between S Reimer Rd and Maple Rd after causing additional tree damage.

The wider storm

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms swept across central and southern Lower Michigan from late in the evening of April 14 to early in the morning on April 15, 2026. These storms packed very strong winds, spawning 5 tornadoes across Southeast MI as well as numerous instances of straight-line wind damage.

Began near Buena Vista (43.3516, -83.8196).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Saginaw County EF1 Washtenaw County EF0 Shiawassee County EF0 Wayne County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1328773. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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