Yahoo! News - Tornado Hurts 15 in Iowa; 4 Die Elsewhere
Destructive straight-line winds hit parts of Michigan. Gusts of 95 mph hit the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and 99 mph gusts hit in Berrien County, Mich., the National Weather Service and police said.

In western Michigan, lightning struck transformers, setting buildings on fire. Up to 3 inches of rain fell in a 45-minute period — the equivalent of about 3 feet of snow — while gusting wind snapped trees and power lines. About 220,000 Michigan customers lost power.

Debra Joyce Simpson, 50, of Coloma, Mich., was killed when an oak tree was blown onto the car she was driving in Berrien County, the sheriff's department said.

Two other people killed in southwest Michigan died in separate incidents, St. Joseph County Emergency Services Coordinator Jim Barnes said. He would not provide further details Friday evening.

Timing is everything. I missed all of this yesterday. Except for a little drizzle and fog in Benton Harbor in the morning, I had completely dry roads. As I came back through in the afternoon, I noticed numerous trees down in southern Michigan.