Our conditions this stormy week were Severely Wet with 3.22" of rain falling over 7 days. All the rain has caused the Kalamazoo River and local Millrace to flood our local River Walk, closing it again to foot-traffic (see attached photo). There is a lot of standing water in local farm field and woodlands, and there are muddy conditions thoughout the neighborhood, walking across our lawn feels soft and spongey. Grass is starting to grow and there is much moss in our lawn, lawn weeds are growing faster than the grass. Trees and bushes are in early leaf out stage and many fruit trees, red-buds, magnolias, and dogwoods are flowering. Daffodils, bleeding hearts, vinca and tulips are blooming and hasta breaking the soil. Temperatures this week have been much above seasonal average until dropping yesterday with daily highs getting as high as 81F and it has also been more humid then usual this week. During Tuesday night, a severe thunderstorm at midnight spawned a local EF-1 tornado that formed in a neighboring town (Otsego) and caused us to grab our dog and retreat to the basement. The tornado went on a 16-mile rampage, passing within a mile of our house as it passed through the north-end of Plainwell. The tornado did extensive tree damage, and it was close enough that we could hear it roar by; it left some sizeable random trees in our immediate neighborhood (down see 3 attached Photos). The tornado caused widespread power outages, affecting local businesses. Our power was out for 20 hours before crews restored it--wires were down all over the area.