Tornado, Cass
- When
- June 20, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 41.920, -85.900
Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 20, 1974
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $275,000
- 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
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Ottawa
- When
- June 20, 6:47 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -85.970
Tornado, Allegan
- When
- June 20, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Allegan County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.7 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -85.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Berrien
- When
- June 20, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Berrien County
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -86.480
Tornado, Berrien
- When
- June 20, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Berrien County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.050, -86.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Buren
- When
- June 20, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -86.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Allegan
- When
- June 20, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Allegan County
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -86.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Allegan
- When
- June 20, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Allegan County
- Coordinates
- 42.530, -85.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- June 20, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 41.920, -86.000
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- June 20, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Coordinates
- 41.930, -85.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Kalamazoo
- When
- June 20, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Kalamazoo County
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -85.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Barry
- When
- June 20, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Barry County
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -85.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Barry
- When
- June 20, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Barry County
- Coordinates
- 42.520, -85.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- June 20, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -85.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Branch
- When
- June 20, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Branch County
- Coordinates
- 41.950, -85.000
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 20, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 20, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 20, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 20, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 20, 1974
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, June 20, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 20, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 20, 1974
- Hail in Montana, June 20, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 20, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 20, 1974
- Hail in North Carolina, June 20, 1974
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: 10039710, 10039711, 10039712, 10039713, 10039714, 10039715, 10039716, 10039717, 10039718, 10039719, 10039720, 10039721, 10039722, 10039723, 10039724.