Jackson County, Michigan
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1954 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
19
Tornado reports
62
Hail reports
11
Floods since 1996
394
All events
1
Deaths
$27.7M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Jackson County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 19 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Downed tree limbs and power lines and widespread power outages occurred due to wind gusts of up to around 60 mph.
A peak wind gust of 62 mph was measured at the Jackson county Reynolds field airport in Jackson. Peak wind gusts in the 60 to 70 mph range resulted in numerous downed trees and limbs and power lines and widespread power outages.
Heavy rainfall caused significant flooding on rivers and streams across Jackson county.
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Dispatch reports numerous trees and wires down across the county.
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Roof and greenhouse damage. Trees down as well.
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Snow of 6 to 9 inches occurred countywide. Snow significantly impacted travel.
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Two homes sustained structural damage from falling trees in Liberty Township.
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Multiple power outages of 200 to 1000 each in southwest Jackson county. These were the result of downed power lines from large branches brought down in the wind.
Hail Hail
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Several uprooted trees.
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Several trees down.
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Roof lifted off of a mobile home.
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Numerous trees down in the Jackson area.
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Asos measured gust.
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Several large tree limbs were snapped off.
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A few trees and limbs were blown down.
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Isolated damaging wind gusts were reported.
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Several trees were blown down near Hanover.
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The ASOS at Jackson airport reported a peak wind gust to 64 mph.
Tornado EF0 Tornado
A brief EF-0 tornado occurred just north of Whitehead Lake and south of Territorial road in northeast Jackson county. It moved east northeast and lifted just northeast of Leeke road and north of Bowdish road. Intermitted damage was foudn along the path primarily to trees and crop…
Tornado EF0 Tornado
A brief EF-0 tornado occurred southeast of Stockbridge. It touched down near Orchard Creek east of Fitchburg road and south of Baseline road. Several dozen large trees were impacted with several uprooted trees along the path. Several homes on Musbach road had minor roof damage or…
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Several power lines were blown down near Pulaski.
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Several trees were blown down near Rives Junction.
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A 61 mph measured gust was recorded at Jackson airport.
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A peak wind gust to 62 mph was recorded at Jackson county airport.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Nine inches of snow was reported in Jackson with eight inches in Grass Lake and eight to nine inches across most of Jackson county.
Ice Storm Ice Storm
Around a half to three quarters of an inch of freezing rain was reported across much of Jackson county.
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Four to seven inches of snow was reported along with strong winds that resulted in near whiteout conditions as times.
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Several trees were blown down in and near Jackson.
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Seven inches of snow was reported in the city of Jackson and across portions of Jackson county.
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Six to eight inches of snow was reported across the county.
High Wind High Wind
A peak wind gust to 58 mph was recorded at Jackson airport.
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A 59 mph peak wind gust was reported at the Jackson airport.
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A few trees were blown down near Springport.
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Several trees were uprooted and snapped off along a five mile path along Moscow road.
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There were numerous reports of downed, snapped and uprooted trees.
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Trained spotters reported that several large trees and tree limbs were blown down.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Eight to nine inches of snow fell across much of Jackson county.
High Wind High Wind
A peak wind gust of 62 mph was recorded by the Jackson airport ASOS. Scattered power outages were reported.
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Several trees were blown down across County Farm road and N. Dearing road.
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A 60 mph wind gust was observed at the Jackson airport.
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Several trees were blown down near Brooklyn and at least one fell on a house.
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A peak wind gust to 62 mph was reported at Jackson Reynolds field. There were several reports of power outages and downed trees.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Nine to ten inches of snow fell across much of Jackson county. Nine inches of snow was reported in Napoleon with 8 inches in Jackson.
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Several trees and power lines were blown down.
Hail Hail
Hail up to around one and three quarters of an inch in diameter was reported.
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Law enforcement reported that several trees and power lines were blown down in the Pleasant Lake area.
Tornado EF0 Tornado
The tornado mostly had damage indicating 65 mph winds but reached 80 mph at its strongest point halfway through its life. It began at the western Jackson City limits north of the Cascades Golf Course and continued north-northeast to cross Washington Avenue. The tornado then weake…
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 |
| 2011 | 11 | 0 |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 |
| 2009 | 9 | 0 |
| 2008 | 21 | 0 |
| 2007 | 15 | 0 |
| 2006 | 12 | 1 |
| 2005 | 11 | 0 |
| 2004 | 12 | 0 |
| 2003 | 15 | 0 |
| 2002 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 25 | 1 |
| 1997 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 1 |
| 1990 | 2 | 1 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 1 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 1 |
| 1979 | 1 | 1 |
| 1978 | 2 | 1 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1976 | 3 | 2 |
| 1975 | 2 | 0 |
| 1974 | 1 | 1 |
| 1973 | 2 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1 | 1 |
| 1971 | 3 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | 3 | 1 |
| 1968 | 1 | 0 |
| 1967 | 3 | 0 |
| 1965 | 2 | 0 |
| 1963 | 1 | 0 |
| 1962 | 3 | 0 |
| 1961 | 3 | 0 |
| 1960 | 2 | 1 |
| 1959 | 1 | 0 |
| 1958 | 2 | 0 |
| 1957 | 1 | 0 |
| 1956 | 2 | 0 |
| 1955 | 1 | 1 |
| 1954 | 1 | 1 |
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