Wayne County, MI tornado warning: Dearborn, Taylor, Southgate, Allen Park sirens active

Residents received the following alert from the National Weather Service (NWS) on their cell phones:

“A tornado warning is in effect for the area until 7:00 PM ET. Take shelter now in a basement or indoor room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or vehicle, move to the nearest sturdy shelter to protect yourself from flying debris.”

One resident wrote on

Another added, “While waiting for the last person to pick up their cat, I suddenly got a tornado warning on my phone and then the sirens went off.”

A third person reported: “Tornado sirens going off. Very windy and raining.”

Another wrote, “Tornado sirens going off. Not even a storm, just rain. Do I really want to go to the basement? They always go too far.”

Another resident added, “The whole restaurant had tornado sirens going off on their phones and then the sirens went off outside and we were all looking at each other and screaming like ‘Guess we keep eating?'”

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According to a National Weather Service alert, a severe thunderstorm is possible at 5:55 p.m. ET tornado Located over Romulus, moving northeast at 45 mph.

The storm is expected to affect:

Tyler, Romulus, Dearborn, Wyandotte and Greenfield villages around 6:00 p.m. ET

Other areas: Inkster, Wayne, Melvindale, Ecorse, Allen Park, Dearborn Heights, Lincoln Park, Garden City, Southgate and Westland

Residents are urged to stay indoors and shelter in a safe place until the warning is lifted.