Hail, Berrien
- When
- April 4, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Berrien County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -86.430
Tornado and Hail in Michigan, April 4, 1985
12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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
- 6
- Property damage
- $250,000
- 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
12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Buren
- When
- April 4, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -85.880
Hail, Berrien
- When
- April 4, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Berrien County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -86.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Berrien
- When
- April 4, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Berrien County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.930, -86.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Berrien
- When
- April 4, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Berrien County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -86.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Buren
- When
- April 4, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -85.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Kalamazoo
- When
- April 4, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kalamazoo County
- Coordinates
- 42.230, -85.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston
- When
- April 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -83.980
Hail, Oakland
- When
- April 4, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.630, -83.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Oakland
- When
- April 4, 6:46 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.670, -83.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Macomb
- When
- April 4, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Macomb County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.650, -82.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- April 4, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -83.380
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Clair
- When
- April 4, 7:51 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Coordinates
- 42.920, -82.720
Tornado, Macomb
- When
- April 4, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Macomb County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -82.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Macomb
- When
- April 4, 8:23 PM CST
- Where
- Macomb County
- Coordinates
- 42.480, -82.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Ingham
- When
- April 4, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ingham County
- Coordinates
- 42.450, -84.430
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
Every storm in Michigan in 1985Every state in 1985This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1985
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: 10042270, 10042271, 10042272, 10042273, 10042274, 10042275, 10042276, 10042277, 10042278, 10042279, 10042280, 10042281, 10042282, 10042283, 10042284, 10042285.