GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A line of intense storms fired along the Indiana/Michigan state line Tuesday night, producing three very rare February tornadoes in Michigan.
Each tornado was ranked an EF-1 for winds just above 100 mph. This is only the second time since records began in 1950 the atmosphere was volatile enough to produce a tornado in February in our state. The last time it happened was near Detroit in 1974. That tornado was ranked an EF-2 for winds between 113 to 157 mph and was only on the ground for a tenth of a mile.
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