Michigan tornado and storm history
Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in Michigan between 1951 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see the storms that came closest to it.
1,291
Tornado reports
36,397
Storm events
495
Deaths, all storms
Every tornado track in Michigan
1,280 county track segments since 1950, coloured by rating. Zoom in and each path widens to its surveyed width. Tap one for the storm.
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Tornadoes by decade in Michigan
All tornado reports against only the strong ones (F2 and above). Averages are per year over the years the federal record covers completely — 1952, 1976 and 1993 are each missing whole months in NOAA’s own files and are left out.
| Decade | All reports | Strong (F2+) | All per year | Strong per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 109 | 62 | 12 | 7 |
| 1960s | 123 | 74 | 12 | 7 |
| 1970s | 209 | 64 | 23 | 7 |
| 1980s | 212 | 58 | 21 | 6 |
| 1990s | 169 | 32 | 19 | 4 |
| 2000s | 160 | 14 | 16 | 1 |
| 2010s | 145 | 10 | 14 | 1 |
The 2020s are left out because the decade is not finished. Reports are counted per county, so one tornado crossing a county line can appear more than once.
Significant recent events in Michigan
Events with deaths, several injuries, $1M+ property damage, or tornadoes rated EF3 and up.
A disorganized circulation touched down northwest of the intersection of Runkle St and Conrad Rd, destroying an attached garage, and destroying the center part of the home (back windows failed and resulted in front of house blowing out). One fatality, a 12 year old boy, was confi…
Another tornado from the same supercell that produced the Edwardsburg tornado touched down near Roberts Rd and M60 just southwest of Three Rivers on Friday afternoon. The tornado quickly intensified and produced EF-2 damage with estimated wind speeds of 120-130 mph. Here, the tor…
The most intense and deadly tornado of the cyclic tornadic supercell touched down in northwest Branch county, northwest of Union Lake between Blossom Rd and Mendon Rd. This tornado was well photographed from multiple angles, and it quickly turned into a multi-vortex wedge. After …
Lake effect snow and blowing snow impacted Marquette County on the 6th, with local law enforcement reporting whiteout conditions at the site of an 18 car accident at 1:32 PM on M-28 in far eastern Marquette County that closed the highway for many hours. Several patients were tran…
Broadcast media reported lake effect snow causing portions of US-2 in southern Schoolcraft County to experience near-whiteout conditions and icy roads at the time of a two-vehicle crash that caused the death of a 38-year old woman and 4 other injuries and briefly caused a road cl…
An intoxicated 19 year male student left a frat party in Ann Arbor around 1 AM Friday Jan 23rd and was later found dead outside. The autopsy report stated the cause of his death as hypothermia, and described the manner of death as accidental.
Widespread 10 to 16 inches of snow across Ottawa County. This fell in combined with wind gusts over 50 mph. Road conditions in snow and blowing snow resulted in a pileup with more than 100 vehicles on I-196, shutting the highway down for cleanup.
Snowfall amount reached 7.5 inches in 12 hrs by 10:00 near Indian River; snowfall total estimates of 8 inches at the cooperative observing site in the city of Cheboygan, and up to 10 inches near Mullett Lake. Cheboygan Airport, KSLH, reported several hours with visibilities at or…
Several roads were washed out in the Misery Bay area, including Misery Bay Road, Lots Road, Kemppa Road, and Wolf Creek Road. Some residents were stranded for hours due to the washouts. Newer culverts were blown out due to the flooding.
Flash flooding resulted in several washouts in the Chassell area, including Massie Road, Chassell-Painesdale Road, and Bootjack Road. Some of these areas experienced flooding in the recent past, including June 2025. Floodwaters impacted a few residences on Lakeshore Drive as well…
Nine people were rescued by lifeguards in three separate incidents from structural and longshore currents at New Buffalo Beach.
A 35 year old man drowned in Lake Huron after being swept into the lake from a strong river outlet current. The Huron County Sherrif's Office noted that a couple had been walking in 3 to 4 feet of water near the mouth of the Pinnebog River when they stepped off into murky water w…
A localized area of up to 4.2 inches of rainfall fell (per a public source in Pequaming) in a few hours between about 12:30 AM through about 5 AM, with the Baraga and L'Anse CWOP stations recording rain rates of a quarter to half inch of rain per 15 minutes and various stations r…
An abnormally and record dry September into the first half of October with precipitation deficits of more than 3 inches led to the ignition of the Summit Lake Wildfire which was discovered on the evening of October 18th in the northwest corner of the McCormick Wilderness between …
A 14-year-old Toledo, OH boy drowned in Lake Superior on the 24th after being caught in a rip current at a beach near the Lake Superior State Forest Campground. A 15-year-old was also caught in the rip current but was able to swim to the safety of shallow water. The Coast Guard, …
Counties and zones
Each county’s full storm history, with its event count. Some entries are National Weather Service forecast zones rather than civil counties.
Alcona (213)
Alger (697)
Allegan (559)
Alpena (263)
Antrim (329)
Arenac (196)
Arenac and Ogemaw (1)
Baraga (566)
Barry (358)
Bay (436)
Beaver Island (10)
Benzie (198)
Berrien (698)
Branch (437)
Calhoun (481)
Cass (477)
Central Chippewa County (29)
Charlevoix (234)
Charlevoix County (17)
Cheboygan (236)
Chippewa (262)
Clare (201)
Clarlevoix County (11)
Clinton (333)
Crawford (241)
Delta (575)
Dickinson (503)
Eastern Mackinac County (25)
Eaton (314)
Emmet (253)
Genesee (914)
Gladwin (208)
Gogebic (677)
Grand Traverse (337)
Gratiot (242)
Hillsdale (427)
Houghton (300)
Huron (455)
Ingham (392)
Ionia (309)
Iosco (251)
Iron (425)
Isabella (261)
Jackson (394)
Kalamazoo (487)
Kalkaska (238)
Kent (654)
Keweenaw (408)
Lake (182)
Lapeer (532)
Leelanau (273)
Lenawee (666)
Livingston (604)
Luce (406)
Mackinac (159)
Mackinac Island/bois Blanc Island (16)
Macomb (894)
Manistee (252)
Marquette (1,103)
Mason (258)
Mecosta (218)
Menominee (484)
Midland (420)
Missaukee (187)
Monroe (644)
Montcalm (305)
Montmorency (203)
Muskegon (399)
Newaygo (292)
Northern Berrien County (23)
Northern Houghton (532)
Northern Schoolcraft (196)
Oakland (1,239)
Oceana (263)
Ogemaw (247)
Ontonagon (630)
Osceola (185)
Oscoda (199)
Otsego (327)
Ottawa (530)
Presque Isle (196)
Roscommon (268)
Saginaw (647)
Sanilac (397)
Schoolcraft (119)
Shiawassee (434)
Southeast Chippewa County (15)
Southern Berrien County (25)
Southern Houghton (173)
Southern Schoolcraft (241)
St. Clair (591)
St. Joseph (497)
Tuscola (487)
Van Buren (452)
Washtenaw (988)
Wayne (1,138)
Western Chippewa County (37)
Western Mackinac County (17)
Wexford (223)
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