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The last time the National Weather Service recorded a tornado touching down in Metro Detroit was on July 2, 1997.
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.
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Michigan severe weather: Tornado warnings end for Metro Detroit; 264K without power
More bad weather is pushing into Metro Detroit following a heavy round of thunder, lighting, and downpours that hit the region Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
After storms hit the Detroit region on Wednesday night, more rolled through on Thursday afternoon prompting tornado warnings from the NWS.
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.
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,
FOX 2 Detroit on MSN
Southeast Michigan Weather: Severe storms roll through Metro Detroit, twice
Severe weather has rolled across most of Southeast Michigan twice throughout Tuesday.
One tornado was confirmed by the Detroit National Weather Service in the Marysville area. Damage surveys underway in other areas.