I grew up in Berrien County. There were some nasty tornadoes in places within an hour’s drive and we had some killer lightning/thunderstorms. A bunch of folk were killed in Flint in the late 50s (date unsure). Also a Palm Sunday tornado cluster that took out a good share of Elkhart IN. I remember driving through the town afterward with my parents. Horrible.
“Also a Palm Sunday tornado cluster that took out a good share of Elkhart IN”
I remember the palm Sunday tornados of 1965. I saw both tornados the first one was a double funnell each was abouta 1/2 mile wide. It was ablsoutly surreal.
I live now in Charlevoix County. Living on Lake Michigan moderates the weather by cooling the hot air that goes on to form tornadoes. It also, being a giant heat-sink,keeps us warmer in the winter,and cooler in the summer.
Down in Berrian County,you get the nasty weather from the plains that causes all the devastation in that region.
The worst storm I’ve ever been in was just south of the Berrian County line while I was on my way home from Indianapolis. I’ll never forget that one.