It was the deadliest day for tornadoes in Michigan since 1980, according to NWS records. The intensity of this outbreak also set records. Union City’s tornado, rated as a powerful EF-3 with wind speeds to 160 mph, is the earliest EF-3 tornado to have occurred in a Michigan calendar year.

Dozens of tornadoes could erupt during severe storms in the U.S. this week, putting millions of people at risk.

Editor’s Note: Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service confirmed at least one tornado touched down Tuesday near Wheatfield, Indiana, with peak winds near 110 mph, ranking as an EF-1 in intensity.

UNION CITY, MI — The Union Lake community was devastated by a tornado on March 6. Downtown Union City, about 40 miles southeast of Kalamazoo, also saw extensive damage. The National Weather Service gave the tornado an EF3 rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale with wind speeds of 150 mph.

Based on the debris left behind in Aroma, Park, the tornado in Kankakee County Tuesday night was large and destructive. This is how we can tell, and the science behind why it happened.

The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-3 tornado touched down in Union City and an EF-2 tornado touched down in Three Rivers on Friday.

Their 1986 study concluded that the tornado risk within any 1-degree latitude (about 69 miles wide) by 1-degree longitude (about 53 miles wide in the mid latitudes) grid box is a maximum over central Oklahoma with about a 0.06% yearly risk.