August 24 Tornado Outbreak

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On the night of August 24, seven tornadoes touched down across Michigan during a heavy storm event, setting a state record for most tornadoes in one day in August.

Of those seven tornadoes, six were within Metro Detroit, including one that crossed from Ingham County into Livingston County.

Here's the timeline [[all tornadoes were EF1 unless noted otherwise):

1. 8:15 PM: The first Michigan tornado of the event struck the Grand Rapids suburbs of Comstock Park, Plainfield Township, and Rockford, and lifted near Rockford High School. This was the only tornado of the outbreak on the state's west side.
2. 9:29 PM: The second tornado, and the strongest one, an EF2, struck the Ingham County towns of Williamston and Webberville. With winds speeds up to 111 MPH, a couple dozen vehicles, including a semi truck, were flipped over on I-96, and one person was killed. The twister entered Livingston County before dissipating.
3. 10:19 PM: A weak EF0 tornado strikes Canton, with winds up to 80 MPH. Trees were damaged near the Pheasant Run Golf Course before the tornado crossed Summit Parkway and Canton Center Road, and a house on Sheldon Road was damaged by a fallen tree.
4. 10:23 PM: A twister strikes Belleville, touching down near the Wagner Homestead Farm, uprooting trees, hitting the Mobile Manor Trail Park, and ripping siding off of homes before lifting near Pebblebrook Drive and Fret Road.
5. 10:38 PM: A 100 MPH tornado touches down near Newport in Monroe County and tears off roofs and flips a manufactured home in the Frenchtown Villa Mobile Home Park. The Meijer Distribution Center was also hit, with nearby power lines damaged.
6. 10:39 PM: Almost simultaneously, a tornado blasts South Rockwood, also in Monroe County, and sheared tops off trees and removed shingles off homes along Brandon Road. The twister crossed the Huron River into Wayne County and struck the Lake Erie Metropark Golf Course.
7. 10:43 PM: The final Michigan tornado of the event struck Gibraltar. With 100 MPH winds, trees were toppled, and as the tornado crossed onto Edmond and then Horse Islands, a trailer was damaged by a fallen tree.

In addition to the above-mentioned tornadoes, several Metro Detroit freeways were flooded once again [[some after having previously been flooded the night before), detailed in another thread, and three other non-tornado-related deaths occurred: one in Lansing, and two in Kent County.