Hail, Kalamazoo
- When
- June 11, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kalamazoo County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -85.580
Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 11, 1968
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kalamazoo
- When
- June 11, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kalamazoo County
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -85.580
Hail, Ionia
- When
- June 11, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ionia County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -85.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Saginaw
- When
- June 11, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Saginaw County
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -84.000
Tornado, Gratiot
- When
- June 11, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Gratiot County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -84.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Genesee
- When
- June 11, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Genesee County
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -83.680
Tornado, Genesee
- When
- June 11, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Genesee County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.930, -83.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Tuscola
- When
- June 11, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscola County
- Coordinates
- 43.380, -83.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- June 11, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -83.000
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- June 11, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -83.280
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, Gratiot | 1968-06-11 | 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.
- 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.
- 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 Oregon, June 11, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 11, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, June 11, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 11, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 11, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, June 11, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 11, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 11, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 11, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 11, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, June 11, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 11, 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: 10040727, 10040728, 10040729, 10040730, 10040731, 10040732, 10040733, 10040734, 10040735, 10040736.