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Last map update: Sat, May. 25, 2013 at 7:33:15 pm EDT

...AREAS OF FROST TONIGHT...

On May 25, 1896, an estimated F5 tornado touched down and moved northeast for about 30 miles, affected portions of Oakland, Lapeer and Livingston Counties. Towns affected included Thomas, Ortonville and Oakwood just after 9:00 pm. With 47 deaths, this is the second deadliest tornado ever in Michigan trailing only the Flint-Beecher Tornado of 1953. Nine of the fatalities were in a single home in Ortonville and parts of some homes were found dozens of miles away. Twenty-two people were killed in Ortonville, ten in Oakwood, three in Thomas, four in North Oxford and three in Whigville with others in more rural areas. Other significant tornadoes occurred in Tuscola County with one fatality, and in Mt. Clemens where two people died when 30 homes were destroyed.

On May 25, 1994, Linden reported 3-inch hail at 6:30pm which caused $5,000,000 in crop damage.

Also on May 25, 2011, thunderstorms produced heavy rain across much of Southeast Michigan. Flint received 1.28 inches, Detroit Metro Airport had 1.67 inches and Detroit City Airport recorded 3.03 inches. This rainfall added to the already very wet spring to produce numerous flooded roads and a few flooded homes. In fact, this rainfall helped to push Flint to its 2nd wettest May and wettest Spring on record. It was the 2nd wettest spring in Detroit records.