Tornado, Berrien
- When
- March 12, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Berrien County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 10.1 mi
- Path width
- 83 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.770, -86.720
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, March 12, 1976
10 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $1.6 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
10 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Ottawa
- When
- March 12, 3:19 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 83 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -86.120
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- March 12, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -85.420
Tornado, St. Joseph
- When
- March 12, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.750, -85.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- March 12, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -85.970
Tornado, Branch
- When
- March 12, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Branch County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -85.250
Tornado, Kalamazoo
- When
- March 12, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Kalamazoo County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -85.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Hillsdale
- When
- March 12, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hillsdale County
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -84.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Hillsdale
- When
- March 12, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hillsdale County
- Coordinates
- 41.750, -84.770
Tornado, Hillsdale
- When
- March 12, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hillsdale County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 83 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -84.400
Tornado, Lenawee
- When
- March 12, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lenawee County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.820, -84.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Hillsdale
- When
- March 12, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hillsdale County
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -84.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Montcalm
- When
- March 12, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Montcalm County
- Coordinates
- 43.320, -85.350
Tornado, Hillsdale
- When
- March 12, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hillsdale County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 133 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.050, -84.580
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- March 12, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -84.500
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- March 12, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 90 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.180, -84.250
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.
- 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
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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: 10042091, 10042092, 10042093, 10042094, 10038416, 10038417, 10038632, 10038633, 10038634, 10038635, 10038636, 10038637, 10038638, 10038639, 10038640, 10038641.