ST JOSEPH CO, MI (WTVB) – The National Weather Service now says there were four EF-1 tornados that broke out during the evening of February 28, 2017.
They have determined that a tornado was on the ground for two minutes in St. Joseph County. It traveled about two miles and had a top wind speed of 90 miles an hour.
It touched down in a field southwest of the intersection of M-86 and Rambadt Road and tracked rapidly northeast causing damage to several trees.
One of the trees crashed through the roof of a shed and also crushed part of a RV trailer with another RV trailer being pushed over.
The tornado then crossed Truckenmiller Road and caused damage to the roof of a large barn as well as a smaller outbuilding.
The tornado began to weaken and track more easterly knocking over additional trees and causing shingle damage to a residence on Truckenmiller Road west of Nottawa Road before it lifted. No injuries were reported.
Two other twisters were reported in Cass County while another was reported in Berrien County.
