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EF1 tornado in Mecosta County, Michigan

Tornado June 26, 2021 · Mecosta County, Michigan

EF1
Rating
2.9 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$100K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

A NWS storm survey determined that an EF-1 tornado occurred with a path length of about 3 miles. A wood-sided barn was destroyed just south of the 80th Avenue and 5 Mile intersection. The tornado passed over the power substation at 75th Avenue and 5 mile and then proceeded northeast through a field where a center pivot irrigator was tipped over. Along 70th Avenue, between 5 Mile and 6 Mile, an open-air animal barn was torn apart with sheet metal deposited in the field downwind. Additionally, power poles were impacted by barn debris and consequently snapped, and another center pivot irrigator was tipped over.

The wider storm

A low pressure system and warm front combined to setup conditions favorable for the development of several weak tornadoes on June 26th. Storm damage surveys were conducted and it was determined that two EF-1 tornadoes occurred and that several EF-0 tornadoes occurred.

Began near Sylvester (43.5300, -85.2700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Ionia CountyEF0 Ottawa CountyEF0 Kent CountyEF0 Ionia CountyEF0 Clare County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 960429. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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