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EF0 tornado in Allegan County, Michigan

Tornado April 14, 2026 · Allegan County, Michigan

EF0

Rating

6.5 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

An EF-0 tornado with peak winds estimated near 80 mph. The tornado began near Schermerhorn Lake in Allegan County and was on the ground for around 6.5 miles before lifting west/northwest of Otsego.

The wider storm

Severe storms moved through lower Michigan late on the 14th into the early morning hours on the 15th. Very strong winds and 2 tornadoes occurred in the Grand Rapids forecast area. Total of 9 tornadoes were confirmed in Lower Michigan during this event.

Began near Cheshire Center (42.4840, -85.9100).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Allegan County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1335094. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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