An EF-1 tornado with an estimated peak wind of 100 mph ripped through part of Wayne County on Saturday evening as severe storms rolled through Southeast Michigan, according to the National Weather Service.
The twister started just south of Martz Road between Rawsonville and Hoeft roads in Van Buren Township at 5:46 p.m., the federal agency said. It flipped a hayride trailer before moving northeast toward Hull Road.
According to federal officials, the tornado uprooted trees, snapped telephone poles and destroyed a barn wall in an area just south of Hull Road between Elwell and Bak roads. It crossed Sumpter Road where surveyors later found downed power lines and scattered tree limbs…