Tornadoes

The course is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The 2024 spring storm season is fast approaching!

Only 3 winter tornadoes have ever been recorded in Michigan history, touching down in Kalamazoo and Wayne Counties.

Even though we're getting close to Fall, we're not out of the woods yet.

With the recent tornado touchdown in Perry, Michigan, how many tornadoes have touched down in the state overall in 2023?

Two people were killed and another 44 were injured in tornadoes in Michigan in 2022, the highest numbers in a quarter-century.

While Michigan happens to sit North enough to not always be in the direct path of “Tornado Alley”, we are no stranger to experiencing tornadoes. Perhaps the most dangerous thing about tornadoes is the fact that they can range in severity. Like earthquakes, tornadoes don’t have a constant size, wind speed, movement, etc. Meaning the amount of destruction to people's lives always varies.

A new destructive thunderstorm wireless emergency alert will roll out nationwide, allowing the NWS to reach as many people as possible with critical life saving information in the shortest amount of time.

The National Weather Service says a large portion of the lower peninsula is in the "slight risk" category for severe weather according to the Storm Prediction Center.

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms, some potentially on the strong to severe side, are forecast for tonight.

Six tornadoes struck West Michigan on Saturday, August 20. A powerful new video shows one of the tornadoes as it hits Boone Ave. in Wyoming.

The National Weather Service has concluded there were six tornadoes in West Michigan on August 20, 2016. See a map and detailed descriptions of each tornado.

After Joplin MS was destroyed on Sunday and yesterdays Oklahoma devastation, Tornadoes are all over the news.  Check out the vid below of some unbelievable coverage from a TV station.  After you watch the vid you might be wondering what are the most deadliest to ever happen...