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Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
741 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0511 PM Tornado 1 NW Dowagiac 42.00N 86.12W
05/07/2024 Cass MI NWS Storm Survey
An EF-1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of
95 mph occurred in the early evening of May
7th in Cass County, MI. The tornado touched
down in a field just north of the Dowagiac
Municipal Airport. The tornado did damage to
trees along Middle Crossing Rd, even
uprooting a few large trees onto homes in
the area. The tornado continued northeast,
where a power pole was snapped and a few
center pivots were flipped in a field
adjacent to the Amtrak railroad near the
intersection of Gage Street and Atwood Road.
The tornado reached its maximum width in the
Twin Lakes area, where extensive damage to
trees was noted on all sides of both lakes.
Hundreds of trees of varying sizes were
snapped and uprooted in Twin Lakes. The
tornado continued northeast, snapping trees
on Dewey Lake Street. Additional damage to a
barn was noted on Wickett Road. The tornado
dissipated near the Cass/Van Buren County
line.
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MJ