After storms hit the Detroit region on Wednesday night, more rolled through on Thursday afternoon prompting tornado warnings from the NWS.

The last time the National Weather Service recorded a tornado touching down in Metro Detroit was on July 2, 1997.

CBS Detroit chief meteorologist Ahmad Bajjey was delivering live coverage of the tornado warnings in the Detroit area when the alert got a bit too close for comfort.

After several rounds of severe weather made its way through Metro Detroit on Wednesday and Thursday, more than 240,000 DTE Energy customers remain without power.

FOX 2 Detroit reports all of Southeast Michigan was under tornado warning Thursday, with 110,000+ DTE customers out and airport disruptions.

The National Weather Service will have a team in Detroit on Friday morning to survey damage after a suspected tornado hit the city's east side Thursday afternoon. If confirmed, it would mark the first tornado inside the city limits since July 2, 1997, when an F-2 tornado struck the city, injuring 90 residents.

The National Weather Service will survey damage Friday in parts of Detroit and nearby communities after a powerful line of thunderstorms moved through Southeast Michigan Thursday afternoon, producing radar indications and damage consistent with a possible tornado.

Several vehicles sought shelter from a storm under a bridge in Detroit, Michigan, during a tornado warning on Thursday. Video from Instagram user @manumartinez_tv shows the vehicles,

A line of intense thunderstorms Wednesday night in Metro Detroit, which included a tornado warning for St. Clair County, resulted in massive power outages.

According to the National Weather Service in Detroit/Pontiac, MI, they say: A brief weak tornado tracked across portions of Marysville, Michigan in St. Clair County on the evening of September 2, 2026. Tree damage was sporadic along a narrow path between Gratiot Boulevard and Highway 29.