Thunderstorm Wind, Berrien
- When
- June 15, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Berrien County
- Coordinates
- 42.020, -86.520
Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 15, 1976
16 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 4 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
- $575,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 25
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
16 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Allegan
- When
- June 15, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Allegan County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 11.3 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.670, -86.180
Hail, Van Buren
- When
- June 15, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -86.170
Tornado, Ottawa
- When
- June 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -86.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Buren
- When
- June 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -85.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- June 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -86.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Allegan
- When
- June 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Allegan County
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -86.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- June 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -86.000
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- June 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Coordinates
- 41.930, -85.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Allegan
- When
- June 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Allegan County
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -86.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- June 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -85.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Kalamazoo
- When
- June 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kalamazoo County
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -85.570
Hail, Ottawa
- When
- June 15, 3:06 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.820, -86.020
Hail, Kalamazoo
- When
- June 15, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kalamazoo County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.120, -85.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Barry
- When
- June 15, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Barry County
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -85.520
Tornado, Kent
- When
- June 15, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -85.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Kent
- When
- June 15, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -85.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Branch
- When
- June 15, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Branch County
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -85.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- June 15, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -85.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Wexford
- When
- June 15, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wexford County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.250, -85.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Montcalm
- When
- June 15, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Montcalm County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -85.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- June 15, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -84.730
Tornado, Wexford
- When
- June 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wexford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 133 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -85.330
Hail, Clinton
- When
- June 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -84.620
Tornado, Kalkaska
- When
- June 15, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Kalkaska County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.530, -85.320
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 15, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 15, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, June 15, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 15, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 15, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 15, 1976
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 15, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 15, 1976
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 15, 1976
- Hail in Texas, June 15, 1976
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: 10039762, 10039763, 10039764, 10039765, 10039766, 10039767, 10039768, 10039769, 10039770, 10039771, 10039772, 10039773, 10039774, 10039775, 10039776, 10039777, 10039778, 10039779, 10039780, 10039781, 10039782, 10039783, 10039784, 10039785, 10039786.