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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
223 PM EST Wed Feb 28 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for 02/28/24 Tornado Event...

.Overview...A tornado was confirmed in Grand Blanc.

.Grand Blanc Tornado...

Rating:                 EF-2
Estimated Peak Wind:    115 mph
Path Length /statute/:  5.7 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   450 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             February 28, 2024
Start Time:             112 AM EST
Start Location:         3 W Grand Blanc
Start Lat/Lon:          42.92 N / 83.67 W

End Date:               February 28, 2024
End Time:               122 AM EST
End Location:           1 W Atlas
End Lat/Lon:            42.94 N/ 83.56 W

Survey Summary: The tornado touched down in Creasey Bicentennial Park
damaging the south pavilion and uprooting a pine tree. The tornado
tracked east northeast across Westminster Cir where multiple trees
were snapped, two garage doors were blown out, and a roof was partially
stripped from one home. The tornado continued tracking east northeast
across Porter Rd and Reid Rd where multiple limbs and trees were snapped.
The peak of damage occurred at an industrial complex at the intersection
of Reid and S Dort Hwy. Damage to the complex included blown out non
load bearing walls and significant loss of roofing. Multiple transmission
poles were also snapped along S Dort Hwy. Damaged continued into the
Indian Hill neighborhood near downtown Grand Blanc where multiple large trees
were downed with some of them falling onto homes along Old Bridge Rd to
Stonybrook Dr. The tornado tracked east northeast across Genesee
Road to Belsay Rd snapping hardwood limbs and uprooting pine trees before
greater damage occurred along Moonstone Dr and Brookview Dr. Damage in these
areas included more widespread tree damage and one home with a garage door
blown out and a roof partially uplifted. The tornado weakened and lifted
shortly after it crossed Perry Rd.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS
Storm Data.

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