The tornado that touched down in Union City on Friday was the strongest tornado Michigan has seen in nearly 50 years. According to the National Weather Service, the tornado had maximum winds of 160 mph. This means the tornado was the strongest in the state of Michigan since an F4 tornado struck Kalamazoo and Eaton counties on April 2, 1977.

Authorities have identified another victim killed when tornadoes ripped through southwest Michigan last week. William Andrew Akers was 63, the Branch County Sheriff's Office said in a statement on Monday.

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has conducted their surveys of eight damage paths associated with tornadoes that formed on Friday evening.

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.

After the deadly tornadoes that struck Southwest Michigan on March 6, many people have been asking an important question: why wasn’t a tornado watch issued before the storms arrived?

An intense round of severe weather is expected across the Chicago area on Tuesday, bringing the risk of fierce winds, damaging hail and the possibility of tornadoes. The day will start off on a much different note,