Tornadoes in Michigan, June 8, 1953

Name: Tornadoes in Michigan, June 8, 1953
Start: 1953-06-08T17:15
End: 1953-06-08T21:50
Location: Michigan

June 8, 1953 · 12 events in 10 counties and zones

12 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 125
Injuries: 914
Property damage: $81 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 12

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

12 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Monroe

When: June 8, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Monroe County
Rating: F4
Path length: 5.4 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Deaths: 4 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 18 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 41.780, -83.570

Tornado, Washtenaw

When: June 8, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Washtenaw County
Rating: F3
Path length: 11.3 mi
Path width: 70 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 5 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 42.200, -84.000

Tornado, Livingston

When: June 8, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Livingston County
Rating: F3
Path width: 200 yd
Injuries: 7 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 42.580, -83.700

Tornado, Oakland

When: June 8, 6:35 PM CST
Where: Oakland County
Rating: F3
Path length: 9.1 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Injuries: 4 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 42.600, -83.680

Tornado, Iosco

When: June 8, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Iosco County
Rating: F2
Path length: 16.6 mi
Path width: 833 yd
Deaths: 4 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 13 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 44.330, -83.630

Tornado, Alcona

When: June 8, 7:08 PM CST
Where: Alcona County
Rating: F3
Path length: 1.8 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 44.820, -83.470

Tornado, Genesee

When: June 8, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Genesee County
Rating: F5
Path length: 9.6 mi
Path width: 833 yd
Deaths: 116 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 785 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 43.100, -83.850

Tornado, Genesee

When: June 8, 7:50 PM CST
Where: Genesee County
Rating: F5
Path length: 9.3 mi
Path width: 833 yd
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 43.100, -83.650

Tornado, Lapeer

When: June 8, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Lapeer County
Rating: F5
Path width: 833 yd
Injuries: 59 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 43.150, -83.470

Tornado, Huron

When: June 8, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Huron County
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 43.880, -83.330

Tornado, Lapeer

When: June 8, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Lapeer County
Rating: F4
Path length: 9.6 mi
Path width: 833 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 43.150, -83.180

Tornado, St. Clair

When: June 8, 9:50 PM CST
Where: St. Clair County
Rating: F4
Path length: 24.2 mi
Path width: 833 yd
Injuries: 23 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 43.150, -82.980

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Washtenaw	1953-06-08				Direct

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Michigan in 1953 Every state in 1953 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Michigan, 1953

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10039415, 10039416, 10039417, 10039418, 10039419, 10039420, 10039421, 10039422, 10039423, 10039424, 10039425, 10039426.