How does a magnolia (saucer and star) hold up in a storm?

Small enough that it rarely threatens property, but structurally weak in the way multi-stemmed ornamentals are: saucer magnolias are typically grown with three or more codominant stems off the base, and included bark in those unions splits under ice load. The branch wood is brittle and the fat overwintering flower buds sit right at the tips, so ice loads the very ends of the most flexible wood — and a stem that splits at the base is generally not repairable and takes a third of the tree with it.