FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Officials with the National Weather Service said Friday that a tornado touched down in Monroe County Thursday night.
The NWS was scheduled to examine damage in Frenchtown Township caused by severe weather on Thursday, June 15. It was reported that a tornado occurred in the area, but that was not confirmed until Friday.
The Monroe County community experienced maximum wind speeds above 60 mph, and received golf ball-sized hail. At one home, a massive tree was uprooted and destroyed two cars and damaged a home.
The NWS had not yet shared specific details about the tornado as of early Friday afternoon. The organization did, however, call the storm a tornado in a tweet Friday morning.
The damage survey from the last nights tornado in Frenchtown Township will be posted later today.
— NWS Detroit (@NWSDetroit) June 16, 2023
Other nearby Frenchtown Township residents were dealing with similar damage Friday morning, with many trees appearing at least twisted and bent. The damage was confined to the beachfront associations located in the Woodland Beach Association community, and went inland about two or three blocks.
You can see some of the damage in the video player above.
Communities across the Metro Detroit area experienced storms and severe weather on Thursday, including heavy hail precipitation.
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Jean Kendall
Hail - Pinckney Michigan