Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 17, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -84.500
Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, April 17, 1963
7 hail, 2 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
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
7 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Oakland
- When
- April 17, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -83.680
Tornado, Branch
- When
- April 17, 6:13 PM CST
- Where
- Branch County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -85.000
Tornado, Monroe
- When
- April 17, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.920, -83.330
Hail, Washtenaw
- When
- April 17, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Washtenaw County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -83.580
Hail, Monroe
- When
- April 17, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -83.500
Hail, Oakland
- When
- April 17, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -83.280
Hail, Oakland
- When
- April 17, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -83.680
Hail, Lenawee
- When
- April 17, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lenawee County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -84.000
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, Branch | 1963-04-17 | Direct |
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, April 17, 1963
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 17, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 17, 1963
- Hail in Ohio, April 17, 1963
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 17, 1963
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 17, 1963
- Hail in Texas, April 17, 1963
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 17, 1963
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1963Every state in 1963This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1963
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: 10039489, 10039490, 10039491, 10039492, 10039493, 10039494, 10039495, 10039496, 10039497.