Thunderstorm Wind, Allegan
- When
- March 30, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Allegan County
- Coordinates
- 42.450, -86.250
Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, March 30, 1976
6 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 17
- Property damage
- $550,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
6 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Clare
- When
- March 30, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Clare County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.070, -84.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Clare
- When
- March 30, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Clare County
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -85.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecosta
- When
- March 30, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Mecosta County
- Coordinates
- 43.750, -85.150
Tornado, Gladwin
- When
- March 30, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Gladwin County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 44.130, -84.220
Tornado, Ogemaw
- When
- March 30, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ogemaw County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 11.4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 10 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.170, -84.200
Tornado, Ogemaw
- When
- March 30, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ogemaw County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 6.4 mi
- Path width
- 117 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 7 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -83.930
Hail, Ogemaw
- When
- March 30, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ogemaw County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -84.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Roscommon
- When
- March 30, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Roscommon County
- Coordinates
- 44.300, -84.650
Tornado, Iosco
- When
- March 30, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Iosco County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 83 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -83.850
Tornado, Alcona
- When
- March 30, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Alcona County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 44.600, -83.680
Hail, Osceola
- When
- March 30, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Osceola County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -85.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Shiawassee
- When
- March 30, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shiawassee County
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -84.170
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Ogemaw | 1976-03-30 | Direct |
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
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1976Every state in 1976This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1976
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: 10038671, 10038672, 10038673, 10038674, 10038675, 10038676, 10038677, 10038678, 10038679, 10038680, 10038681, 10038682, 10038683.