Hail, Montcalm
- When
- September 2, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Montcalm County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -85.050
Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, September 2, 1984
8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Gratiot
- When
- September 2, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Gratiot County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.370, -84.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Gratiot
- When
- September 2, 1:12 PM CST
- Where
- Gratiot County
- Coordinates
- 43.350, -84.680
Hail, Saginaw
- When
- September 2, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Saginaw County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.370, -83.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Saginaw
- When
- September 2, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Saginaw County
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -83.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Gratiot
- When
- September 2, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Gratiot County
- Coordinates
- 43.350, -84.680
Hail, Sanilac
- When
- September 2, 2:58 PM CST
- Where
- Sanilac County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.480, -82.950
Tornado, Sanilac
- When
- September 2, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sanilac County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 6.8 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -82.780
Hail, Lapeer
- When
- September 2, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lapeer County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.320, -83.180
Tornado, St. Clair
- When
- September 2, 3:54 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8.8 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -82.650
Hail, Oakland
- When
- September 2, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -83.150
Hail, Macomb
- When
- September 2, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Macomb County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -83.030
Hail, Lenawee
- When
- September 2, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lenawee County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -84.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Lenawee
- When
- September 2, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lenawee County
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -84.030
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 10042247, 10042248, 10042249, 10042250, 10042251, 10042252, 10042253, 10042254, 10042255, 10042256, 10042257, 10042258, 10042259, 10042260.