Michigan, 1967Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 21, 1967
April 21, 1967 · 16 events in 14 counties and zones
10 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 51
- Property damage
- $28 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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.
Tornado, Allegan
- When
- April 21, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Allegan County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 18.6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -86.130
Tornado, Kent
- When
- April 21, 5:58 PM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 13.6 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 32 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 42.900, -85.770
Tornado, Barry
- When
- April 21, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Barry County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 14.5 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -85.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Buren
- When
- April 21, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -86.180
Tornado, Berrien
- When
- April 21, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Berrien County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.020, -86.500
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- April 21, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -85.580
Tornado, Muskegon
- When
- April 21, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Muskegon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -86.080
Tornado, Ionia
- When
- April 21, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ionia County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -84.920
Tornado, Clinton
- When
- April 21, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.930, -84.800
Tornado, Kent
- When
- April 21, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.920, -85.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- April 21, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -85.180
Tornado, Eaton
- When
- April 21, 7:48 PM CST
- Where
- Eaton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -85.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Kalamazoo
- When
- April 21, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kalamazoo County
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -85.580
Tornado, Eaton
- When
- April 21, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Eaton County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 10.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.630, -84.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Hillsdale
- When
- April 21, 8:27 PM CST
- Where
- Hillsdale County
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -84.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Saginaw
- When
- April 21, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Saginaw County
- Coordinates
- 43.380, -84.180
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 21, 196758 deaths · 1,051 injured · $56 million · F4 · 30 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 21, 19679 injured · $905,000 · F4 · 22 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 21, 1967$250,000 · F3 · 7 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 21, 19672 injured · $53,000 · F2 · 7 events
- Tornado in California, April 21, 1967$3,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail in Kansas, April 21, 19672.5 in hail · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 21, 19671 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in Kentucky, April 21, 19671.75 in hail · 1 event
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: 10041017, 10041018, 10041019, 10041020, 10041021, 10041022, 10041023, 10041024, 10041025, 10041026, 10041027, 10041028, 10041029, 10039900, 10039901, 10039902.