Seven tornadoes ranging from EF0 to EF2 blew through Michigan Aug. 24, knocking out power to 134,000 DTE and Consumers Energy customers. WWMT Chief Meteorologist Keith Thompson said going back to 1950, the record for the number of tornadoes in one day was 19, which was set in May 2001. While it may not be a record overall, he said it could be close to the number in one day for August. "It certainly is odd and uncommon that we would have this many tornadoes at this time of year as opposed to let's say maybe April, May or even
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