Thunderstorm Wind, Genesee
- When
- August 26, 11:28 AM CST
- Where
- Genesee County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -83.750
Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, August 26, 1986
5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $528,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lenawee
- When
- August 26, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lenawee County
- Coordinates
- 42.050, -84.220
Tornado, Kalamazoo
- When
- August 26, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Kalamazoo County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.330, -85.580
Tornado, Barry
- When
- August 26, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Barry County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.6 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -85.400
Tornado, Eaton
- When
- August 26, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Eaton County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.630, -84.630
Tornado, Ingham
- When
- August 26, 4:37 PM EST
- Where
- Ingham County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.630, -84.570
Hail, Hillsdale
- When
- August 26, 4:39 PM CST
- Where
- Hillsdale County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.750, -84.770
Tornado, Genesee
- When
- August 26, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Genesee County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -83.680
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
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, August 26, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 26, 1986
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1986Warnings in Michigan, August 1986
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: 10052214, 10052215, 10052216, 10052217, 10052218, 10052219, 10052220, 10052221.