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Two local news stories produced by WZZM 13, the ABC affiliate in Grand Rapids, Michigan about the Kalamazoo and Van Buren County F3 tornadoes of May 13, 1980 filed the day after the storms. The first was about the differences between local emergency management in Kent and Kalamazoo Counties, while the second focuses mostly on the first tornado of the day in Van Buren County. Some portions of the 3/4" tape had degraded and were edited out, but remain mostly in tact here.

Full information on the May 13, 1980 tornadoes in Southwest Michigan: 1980kalamazootornado.org

Video © 1980 WZZM 13 ABC, All Rights Reserved.