A weekend storm system that hit Michigan was responsible for a second tornado, the National Weather Service confirmed.

The second tornado, confirmed in southwest Gratiot County, was also rated as a weak EF-0, with a path just 10 yards wide. It formed at 5:50 pm Sunday as a line of storms moved across the state. It lasted just three minutes on the ground, meteorologists confirmed.

“An NWS damage survey conducted Monday determined that a brief EF-0 tornado moved along Hayes Road between Rich Road and Alger Road in southwest Gratiot County Sunday night,” NWS staff said. . “Sporadic and isolated damage to trees was observed, but no other damage was found along the road. “One tree in particular was uprooted and fell onto a metal fence and some tombstones in a cemetery.”

Tornado winds were estimated at 65 mph. Their path was 2.4 miles long.

It was the second confirmed tornado touchdown during Sunday’s storm. The first confirmation There was a tornado in Oakland County.

That tornado, also classified as a weak EF-0 tornado, had estimated maximum winds of around 70 mph. It made a two-minute landing on a runway that ran across the west side of Holly, beginning at 6:56 p.m. It damaged trees and roofs as it moved through the city.