National Weather Service confirms EF-2 tornado hit Port Austin Saturday

By Editor On Jun 28, 2021

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PORT AUSTIN, me. – The National Weather Service confirmed on Sunday that a tornado landed in northern Huron County on Saturday night.

The tornado hit parts of Port Austin and caused up to EF-2 damage.

According to NWS, an EF or Enhanced Fujita scale is used to assign a rating to a tornado based on estimated wind speeds and the damage associated with it.

EF-2 produces winches up to 135 miles per hour. The NWS said this tornado was 400 yards wide and had winds at speeds of 120 miles per hour.

Authorities said the tornado landed four miles southwest of Port Austin near the intersection of Port Crescent and Sand Road around 5:49 p.m. The tornado started as EF-0 and broke branches, trees and caused damage to some buildings.

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The NWS said when the tornado moved northeast and crossed M-53, where it damaged six homes with EF-2. Authorities said three roofs were completely demolished and two garages and a barn were completely destroyed.

The tornado continued to move northeast towards Hellems Road, where several trees were damaged or destroyed, consistent with EF-1 damage. It then went to Lake Huron.

The entire incident lasted about 11 minutes. The path of the tornado was 6.9 miles, which resulted in the tornado traveling at an average speed of about 60 km / h.

“There was no warning and it was like the sound of a freight train engine and then it just fell off,” said Scott Kasper. “It was here and gone in about five seconds.”

More than 2,300 people are without electricity and six people were injured.

The last tornado to hit Huron County was an EF-0 in 2015.

Data on the tornado that landed in Huron County on June 26, 2021. (WDIV)

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