While tornadoes have struck communities across Southeast Michigan in recent years, the last one to impact the City of Detroit happened on July 2, 1997.

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.

One tornado was confirmed by the Detroit National Weather Service in the Marysville area. Damage surveys underway in other areas.

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 tornado that caused tree damage in St. Clair County on Wednesday evening was confirmed as Michigan's 27th tornado of the year.

“A brief weak tornado tracked across portions of Marysville, Michigan in St. Clair County on the evening of September 2, 2026,” the NWS survey notes said. “Tree damage was sporadic along a narrow path between Gratiot Boulevard and Highway 29.”