Hail, Van Buren
- When
- April 2, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -85.850
Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, April 2, 1977
6 tornado, 4 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
- 62
- Property damage
- $5.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kalamazoo
- When
- April 2, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Kalamazoo County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.230, -85.550
Tornado, Kalamazoo
- When
- April 2, 1:32 PM CST
- Where
- Kalamazoo County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 12.4 mi
- Path width
- 183 yd
- Injuries
- 10 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -85.550
Tornado, Eaton
- When
- April 2, 2:06 PM CST
- Where
- Eaton County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 16.6 mi
- Path width
- 613 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 44 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.430, -85.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- April 2, 2:27 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -84.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- April 2, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -84.380
Tornado, Clinton
- When
- April 2, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 223 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -84.470
Tornado, Ingham
- When
- April 2, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ingham County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 57 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.520, -84.280
Tornado, Shiawassee
- When
- April 2, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Shiawassee County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.920, -84.250
Tornado, Livingston
- When
- April 2, 2:58 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.6 mi
- Path width
- 83 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -84.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Oakland
- When
- April 2, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.630, -83.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Washtenaw
- When
- April 2, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Washtenaw County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -83.730
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, Eaton | 1977-04-02 | Direct |
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, April 2, 1977
- Tornadoes in Ohio, April 2, 1977
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, April 2, 1977
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 2, 1977
- Tornado in New York, April 2, 1977
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 2, 1977
- Hail in Pennsylvania, April 2, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 2, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 2, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 2, 1977
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1977Every state in 1977This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1977
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: 10039824, 10039825, 10039826, 10039827, 10039828, 10040674, 10040675, 10040676, 10040891, 10040892, 10040893, 10040894.