Tornado, Berrien
- When
- June 26, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Berrien County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 41.820, -86.270
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 26, 1956
2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Muskegon
- When
- June 26, 4:01 PM CST
- Where
- Muskegon County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.280, -86.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Muskegon
- When
- June 26, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Muskegon County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -86.180
Tornado, Gratiot
- When
- June 26, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Gratiot County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 9.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -84.680
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.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Ohio, June 26, 1956
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 26, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 26, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 26, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 26, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 26, 1956
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 26, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 26, 1956
More
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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: 10040586, 10040587, 10040588, 10040589.