Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- July 4, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -86.050
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 4, 1974
12 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $278,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
12 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Eaton
- When
- July 4, 11:08 AM CST
- Where
- Eaton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -84.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- July 4, 11:40 AM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -84.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Saginaw
- When
- July 4, 12:13 PM CST
- Where
- Saginaw County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -84.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Saginaw
- When
- July 4, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Saginaw County
- Coordinates
- 43.470, -83.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- July 4, 12:48 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -83.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Lenawee
- When
- July 4, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lenawee County
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -84.030
Tornado, Huron
- When
- July 4, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Huron County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.680, -83.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Oakland
- When
- July 4, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -83.430
Tornado, Tuscola
- When
- July 4, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscola County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.480, -83.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Macomb
- When
- July 4, 1:06 PM CST
- Where
- Macomb County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -83.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Lapeer
- When
- July 4, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lapeer County
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -83.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Huron
- When
- July 4, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Huron County
- Coordinates
- 43.820, -83.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Oakland
- When
- July 4, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Coordinates
- 42.480, -83.130
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Clair
- When
- July 4, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Coordinates
- 42.980, -82.650
What these are
- 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
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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: 10039734, 10039735, 10039736, 10039737, 10039738, 10039739, 10039740, 10039741, 10039742, 10039743, 10039744, 10039745, 10039746, 10039747, 10039748.