Hail, Grand Traverse
- When
- April 18, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Grand Traverse County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.700, -85.620
Tornado and Hail in Michigan, April 18, 1975
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $250,000
- 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
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecosta
- When
- April 18, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mecosta County
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -85.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Gratiot
- When
- April 18, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Gratiot County
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -84.870
Tornado, Oakland
- When
- April 18, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.670, -83.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Midland
- When
- April 18, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Coordinates
- 43.620, -84.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Bay
- When
- April 18, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bay County
- Coordinates
- 43.600, -83.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Oakland
- When
- April 18, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Coordinates
- 42.800, -83.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Washtenaw
- When
- April 18, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washtenaw County
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -83.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- April 18, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 41.920, -83.400
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 Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 18, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 18, 1975
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 18, 1975
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 18, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 18, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 18, 1975
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: 10040857, 10040858, 10040859, 10040860, 10040861, 10040862, 10040863, 10040864, 10040865.