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555 NOUS43 KDTX 052346 PNSDTX MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-061200- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 746 PM EDT Sun Apr 5 2026 ...NWS Damage Survey for 04/04/2026 Tornado Event... .Van Buren Township Tornado... Rating: EF-1 Estimated Peak Wind: 100 mph Path Length /statute/: 3.25 miles Path Width /maximum/: 200 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: April 4, 2026 Start Time: 5:46 PM EDT Start Location: 2 NE Willis / Wayne County / MI Start Lat/Lon: 42.1788 / -83.5371 End Date: April 4, 2026 End Time: 5:50 PM EDT End Location: Belleville / Wayne County / MI End Lat/Lon: 42.2009 / -83.4749 The tornado started just south of Martz Rd between Rawsonville Rd and Hoeft Rd. It first flipped a hayride trailer and continued northeast toward Hull Rd. EF-1 damage occurred along Hull Rd with the greatest concentration of EF-1 damage along and just south of Hull Rd between Elwell Rd and Bak Rd. This damage included multiple trees uprooted and snapped, telephone poles snapped, and a large barn wall blown out. The tornado continued northeast crossing Sumpter Rd producing EF-0 damage with scattered large tree limbs and power lines downed. The tornado lifted right before reaching Savage Rd. && 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. $$ DTX confirmed an EF1 yesterday near Belleville, kinda surprised I didn't see more (any) talk about those spin-ups on here yesterday

approaching 3/4 of an " at the campus wx station, enough to cause some minor ponding in the fields

boring answer would be "frequency illusion", fun answer is that the US and (russia/china/iran) are knocking each other's military satellites out of orbit

up to 71 here, sunny, with a nice breeze. really the type of day you could just spend entirely outside and not complain

seems like it verified fairly well

sunday could have a legit hailer threat for a lot of the OV, 2k+ cape on the NAM & pretty steep lapse rates (7-8C/km)

haha, i bet. i'd like to experience it at least once in life. also crazy that he's seen an order of magnitude more snow this season than me, in the same state.

just insane, thanks for sharing. i don't think i can even imagine having so much snow on the ground, for such a long period of time.

76mph gust at KDAY

trending very unfavorably for central MI to get much of anything other than maybe a light glaze, and a couple inches of snow. sad

this is why, IMO, northern high plains is one of the best chasing regions in the country. sure the road networks are pretty sparse, but there's a fraction of the chasers as in the midwest/south plains, and the structure is insane.

Quick edit from pontiac, also got a ton of shots from this storm with my film camera, which'll be neat to get developed

Potential for an ice storm in lower MI seems high, a few runs of the euro have highlighted a swath of totals close to an inch somewhere in the middle of the LP

gif i made of some stills from a ~90sec video of the tornado in wheatfield yesterday. this was about 4 miles ESE of the city, looking northwest. the lightning was frequent enough to be able to pull a good amount of frames.

I know some people doing research w/ lake-breeze fronts and their influence on CI, this could be really useful for a case study

funnily enough, we did almost exactly the same thing. Got to Pontiac well before CI, hung out for a while and watched as that cell came up from the SW, went west of town and chased it through town. Didn't see the ground circulation on the touchdown, but wow that was some incredible motion on the wall cloud. Thought for sure it'd drop something big. Followed it east to Emington, and then the people I was chasing with wanted to head west, waiting for the Peoria cells to pop off. After getting back to Pontiac, we saw that cell really ramp back up on radar and absolutely booked it east, intercepting near Wichert IL, except by that point it was completely rain-wrapped, and we couldn't get ahead of it, so just followed it a few miles to the south until we finally got a couple miles east, where we saw the Wheatfield and Knox tornadoes. So no, missed the big Kankakee tor and mega-hail. Also missed the Lake Village tor (although we almost drove into it)

Also what I've heard from Kankakee from my friends who chased there was that a lot of chasers got kinda caught out, large/giant hail was being flung around, and smashing cars, lot of damage in those neighborhoods

This was the Toto/Knox IN tor-e, just a screenshot from a video but not great quality.

Damn, was headed that way but couldn't get in ahead of the cell so bailed south.

Pic?

Was on that Pontiac cell as it went through town and made some stupid decisions and went back west after it seemingly elevated. Heading east towards IKK now, reports are appreciated if you've got a live view of it

Feeling p good, especially with the WF staying a couple dozen miles north. Hopefully ci in the next hour/two, don't really wanna chase after dark

That checks, im heading to Pontiac but Ik people who were targeting Kankakee and are repositioning sw

Think wf might be going back south through the IKK metro? Someone's PWS on the north side had a drop from 68 to 48 in 30 minutes

hrrr finally got on board with the earlier/afternoon CI that other cams have had. probably targeting bloomington initially? maybe a bit north (like pontiac) as that seems to be the trend