Tornado Touches Down in Southwest Michigan

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared a https://twitter.com/GovWhitmer/status/1788029503488282833 state of emergency for four counties following severe weather in southwest Michigan on Tuesday, May 7. The https://twitter.com/MichEMHS/status/1788223506947145975 Michigan Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division (MichEMHS) and the https://twitter.com/MichiganEGLE/status/1788015279177359638 Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) started the cleanup process on Wednesday, May 8. Footage filmed by Jason Donald Patnoude in Colon shows a tornado forming before splitting into three smaller funnels. Large hailstones and loud thunder can also be seen and heard in the video. "Holy cow! Look at the power of that thing," Patnoude can be heard saying in the video. (Footage by Jason Donald Patnoude/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)