NWS Detroit/Pontiac MITO.W 0009April 15, 2026
Tornado Warning: Lenawee and Monroe, MI
The National Weather Service office in Detroit/Pontiac issued a tornado warning for Lenawee and Monroe in Michigan, which was in force until 2:45 a.m. local time on April 15. It was the 9th tornado warning the NWS office in Detroit/Pontiac issued in 2026. Michigan had 29 tornado warnings in April 2026, against 1 in an average April of 2008-2025 (Michigan's tornado warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 50 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Detroit/Pontiac MI
- Area
- Lenawee and Monroe
- State
- Michigan
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:55 a.m. EDT, April 15, 2026
- Expires
- 2:45 a.m. EDT, April 15, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Extreme, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KDTX TO.W 0009
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Tornado Warnings in Michigan since 2008Every warning type in Michigan
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The notice as issued
TORDTX The National Weather Service in Detroit/Pontiac has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Monroe County in southeastern Michigan... Northeastern Lenawee County in southeastern Michigan... * Until 245 AM EDT. * At 154 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Britton, or near Milan, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...Tornado. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. * This dangerous storm will be near... Milan, Dundee, and Maybee around 200 AM EDT. Monroe and Carleton around 205 AM EDT. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Newport, Cone, Estral Beach, Macon, South Rockwood, Woodland Beach, Stony Point, Ridgeway, Bolles Harbor, and Azalia. This includes the following highways... I-75 between mile markers 10 and 26. I-275 between mile markers 1 and 7. US-23 between mile markers 11 and 25.
What the agency told people to do
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.