A line of Thunderstorms in advance of a cold front pushing eastward moved across lower Michigan Sunday afternoon bringing with it high winds and brief heavy rain. At 6:05 pm a Thunderstorm moved east across Hastings and Barry county. As the storm pushed eastward the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids issued a Torndao Warning for Barry County around 6:25. The event lasted for three minutes. The National Weather Service said it was an EF-0 with 80 mile an hour winds that damaged three barns and dozens of trees. The tornado path was approximately 1.3 miles in length with a 50-yard width and was located from Dowling to Maple Grove.
The last Tornado in Barry County prior to Sundays Tornado occured on September 1, 2018 at Little Long Lake Southwest of Hickory Corners with peak winds of 75 Miles an hour.
Since Saturday through this Sunday the Hastings National Weather Service Climatological Station has recorded nearly two inches of rain (1.94).
The heavy rains will impact Streams, Creeks and the Thornapple River.
The Rain total for May to date is 5.08 inches.