Tornadoes rip through Michigan, damage homes

Sunday, August 21, 2016, 12:24 PM - Strong storms brought multiple reported tornadoes to parts of Michigan Saturday night, including at least two rated twisters.

No deaths or injuries were reported, but social media was filled with images of trees down and severe damage to buildings. Several homes had their roofs ripped off, and the storms' winds were powerful to flip cars.

The National Weather Service listed eleven reports of possible tornadoes in Michigan and Ohio as of Sunday morning, though only two of the twisters have been confirmed and rated.

One, rated EF-1 with winds up to 177 km/h, tore a path through Ionia and Montcalm counties.

A second, rated EF-0 with winds up to 137 km/h, touched down briefly in Elkhart county. The NWS says it damaged two homes, snapped tree limbs and flattened part of a corn field.

Golf ball-sized hail was also reported, along with damaging winds in numerous locations. One wind event in Wisconsin downed more than 20 trees.

"I could feel my house shaking and my roof buckling. You could hear things banging on the roof of the house," Andy Bloos, who took cover in the basement of his home near Grand Rapids, MI, told the Associated Press.

Consumers Energy reported more than 20,000 customers without power at the height of the storm, according to the AP.

Sunday is looking considerably calmer across the United States, according to the Storm Prediction Centre. Though thunderstorms are possible in many states, including Michigan once again, the highest risk for severe storms is "marginal," though that risk zone covers almost 25 million people and includes Philadelphia, PA, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, MD.

SOURCES: SPC storm reports | Storm Prediction Center | Associated Press