Hail in Otsego County, Michigan
Hail September 22, 2025 · Otsego County, Michigan
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Video of hail of at least quarter to half dollar size falling on Old Alba Rd southwest of Gaylord, MI in Otsego county.
The wider storm
Upper trough axis over the Upper Midwest during the day on the 22nd, with various disturbances rotating through the flow. A decaying mesoscale convective vortex tracked from southeastern WI in the morning to northwest lower MI by evening; a regeneration of storms with this disturbance across northwest lower MI in the late afternoon in an environment otherwise marginally favorable for severe weather resulted in storm rotation that stretched to the ground. A short-lived tornado touched down in northwestern Grand Traverse County; another tornado touched down in the vicinity of Torch Lake in Antrim county, which did track over the lake, producing a very photogenic tornadic waterspout and resulting in some damage in the city of Bellaire, MI. The area of storms progressed eastward, producing hail southwest of Gaylord, MI and a photogenic funnel cloud north of Grayling, MI with no known evidence of a touchdown.
Began near Gaylord Otsego Arpt (44.9890, -84.7911).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1297761. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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