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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
450 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2010
...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN ALLEGAN COUNTY...
AN NWS DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM TOURED SOUTH CENTRAL ALLEGAN COUNTY. IT
WAS CONFIRMED THAT A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 10:23
PM ON THE EVENING OF THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2010. THIS TORNADO WAS ON
THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 0.16 MILES. THE TORNADO WIDTH WAS
AROUND 50 YARDS.
A SMALL AREA OF TREES WAS FOUND SNAPPED SEVERAL FEET OFF OF THE
GROUND. DAMAGE TO A WAREHOUSE OCCURRED WHEN A 30X75 FOOT SECTION OF
ROOF WAS REMOVED FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THIS ROOF WAS
LOFTED OVER THE BUILDING AND LANDED ON A TENNIS COURT. A 2X4 WAS
EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. TO THE EAST OF THE
BUILDING, A CORN FIELD HAD A SMALL PATH OF CORN PUSHED OVER. THE
CORNSTALKS WERE LAYING IN A CONVERGENT PATTERN.
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