Hail, Kent
- When
- April 14, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -85.680
Tornado and Hail in Michigan, April 14, 1974
2 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Ingham
- When
- April 14, 9:25 AM CST
- Where
- Ingham County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -84.530
Tornado, Midland
- When
- April 14, 10:03 AM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.470, -84.580
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 Pennsylvania, April 14, 1974
- Tornadoes in Missouri, April 14, 1974
- Tornado in New Jersey, April 14, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 14, 1974
- Damaging Winds in New York, April 14, 1974
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 14, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 14, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 14, 1974
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 14, 1974
- Hail in Texas, April 14, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 14, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, April 14, 1974
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1974Every state in 1974This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1974
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: 10038611, 10038612, 10038613.