Thunderstorm Wind, Kent
- When
- August 19, 1:25 AM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -85.700
Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, August 19, 1978
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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
- 8
- Property damage
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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, 2 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kent
- When
- August 19, 1:35 AM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Coordinates
- 42.930, -85.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Ionia
- When
- August 19, 1:50 AM CST
- Where
- Ionia County
- Coordinates
- 42.930, -85.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- August 19, 2:55 AM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -85.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Kent
- When
- August 19, 3:23 AM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -85.700
Hail, Houghton
- When
- August 19, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Houghton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.100, -88.580
Tornado, Shiawassee
- When
- August 19, 3:40 AM CST
- Where
- Shiawassee County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 230 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -84.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Genesee
- When
- August 19, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Genesee County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -83.750
Hail, Osceola
- When
- August 19, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Osceola County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -88.250
Tornado, St. Clair
- When
- August 19, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.670, -82.620
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Clair
- When
- August 19, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -82.530
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Florida, August 19, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 19, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 19, 1978
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 19, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 19, 1978
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: 10038756, 10038757, 10038758, 10038759, 10038760, 10038761, 10038762, 10038763, 10038764, 10038765, 10038766.