Tornado, Hillsdale
- When
- April 23, 11:50 AM CST
- Where
- Hillsdale County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 9.3 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -84.600
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 23, 1968
5 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 13
- Property damage
- $5.3 million
- 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
5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Mecosta
- When
- April 23, 12:53 PM CST
- Where
- Mecosta County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 9.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -85.480
Tornado, Osceola
- When
- April 23, 1:13 PM CST
- Where
- Osceola County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 51.4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.820, -85.370
Tornado, Wayne
- When
- April 23, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.370, -83.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Shiawassee
- When
- April 23, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Shiawassee County
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -84.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- April 23, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -83.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Washtenaw
- When
- April 23, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washtenaw County
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -84.000
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- April 23, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -82.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Bay
- When
- April 23, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bay County
- Coordinates
- 43.780, -84.000
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 23, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, April 23, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, April 23, 1968
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 23, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 23, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 23, 1968
- Hail in Indiana, April 23, 1968
- Hail in Texas, April 23, 1968
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, April 23, 1968
- Hail in Virginia, April 23, 1968
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: 10040713, 10040714, 10040715, 10040716, 10040717, 10040718, 10040719, 10040720, 10040721.