On Friday, March 6, the National Weather Service issued a series of tornado warnings for Southern Michigan, beginning in Cass County and moving East.
Just after 3 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Cassopolis, Edwardsburg and Marcellus until 3:45 PM EST. The warning included the possibility of quarter-sized hail.
The NWS confirmed the presence of a radar-indicated tornado via rotations detected on radar, and continued to issue tornado warnings for other Michigan counties as the system moved east.
As of 5:30 p.m. on March 6, the latest update from the National Weather Service via the NWS Tornado account on X appeared to show the system in Calhoun County — a continued tornado warning for Albion and Homer was issued at 5:05 p.m. EST.
Though the extent of the damage left in the storm's path is unconfirmed, social media users shared numerous videos and photos of the system across Michigan and the damage it inflicted, appearing to impact structures and trees. MLive also shared photos of extensive damage to the Menards in Three Rivers and other nearby buildings.
Michigan Storm Chasers also shared several videos of the storm systems, with some videos appearing to show multiple tornado vortices forming at the same time.
