(WWJ) A single tornado has been confirmed as part of a severe storm system that blew across Michigan, earlier this week.
The National Weather Service says a relatively weak EF-1 tornado with top wind speeds of 100 miler per hour touched down in Hillsdale County Tuesday night.
It developed west of the intersection of S. Bunn Rd. and Cole/Bankers Rd. and moved east, with a maximum length of 5.4 miles and maximum width of 450 yards, according to the weather service, and was on the ground for about six minutes.
While no injuries were reported, NWS said power poles were snapped, and trees, a barn, a silo and a house sustained considerable damage.
NWS said the tornado picked up 1,000-pound hay bales from a field and threw them in a ditch and a yard. There was also a mess at Hillsdale Golf and Country Club, where the tornado left behind uprooted trees, broken limbs and other scattered debris.
Twitter user "Jennifer's Tragical Life" said she saw the swirling winds in her own yard. She made it inside the house safely, she said, before the tornado pulled up her tree.
Elsewhere in lower Michigan, there was damage from gusty, straight-line winds. A Tornado Warning was issued in Monroe County, but no tornado was confirmed there.
NWS said a majority of the damage was observed north of I-69 in the Midland and Saginaw area, where extensive tree damage, power outages, and 1" hail were observed; however, less widespread reports were received south of the I-69 corridor.
In metro Detroit, thousands of DTE Energy customers lost power.
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