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EF1 Tornado — Lake, Michigan

2018-08-28 · near Baldwin Muni Arpt, Lake, Michigan

$100K

Property damage

1.0 mi

Path length

500 yds

Path width

Event narrative

An EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 100 mph caused tree and property damage just east of the village of Baldwin near Idlewild. Tree damage was immense with trunks snapped in a narrow zone.

Wider weather episode

A line of severe thunderstorms impacted lower Michigan during the evening hours of August 28th, 2018. Strong winds of 50 to 60 mph were common along the line with pockets of intense damaging winds of 75 to 90 mph. There were also two tornadoes embedded within the strongest winds near Baldwin and Idlewild. The most extensive damage was along US-10 from Ludington to Reed City, with separate areas of intense damage near Big Rapids and Le Roy.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 785825. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.