Hail, Lenawee
- When
- May 17, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lenawee County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.950, -84.270
Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 17, 1986
16 hail, 3 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
16 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lenawee
- When
- May 17, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lenawee County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -84.070
Hail, Washtenaw
- When
- May 17, 12:46 PM CST
- Where
- Washtenaw County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.150, -84.150
Hail, Washtenaw
- When
- May 17, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Washtenaw County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.150, -84.030
Hail, Washtenaw
- When
- May 17, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Washtenaw County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.350, -83.730
Hail, Washtenaw
- When
- May 17, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Washtenaw County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.230, -83.900
Hail, Washtenaw
- When
- May 17, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Washtenaw County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -83.770
Hail, Washtenaw
- When
- May 17, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Washtenaw County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.180, -83.620
Hail, Wayne
- When
- May 17, 2:38 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -83.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Montcalm
- When
- May 17, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Montcalm County
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -84.920
Hail, Gratiot
- When
- May 17, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Gratiot County
- Measured
- 0.83 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.280, -84.620
Hail, Allegan
- When
- May 17, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Allegan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.530, -85.850
Hail, Ionia
- When
- May 17, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Ionia County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.930, -85.220
Hail, Ionia
- When
- May 17, 4:37 PM CST
- Where
- Ionia County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.930, -85.220
Hail, Clinton
- When
- May 17, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -84.750
Tornado, Branch
- When
- May 17, 6:40 PM EST
- Where
- Branch County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.820, -84.880
Hail, Clinton
- When
- May 17, 5:48 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.100, -84.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Newaygo
- When
- May 17, 6:24 PM CST
- Where
- Newaygo County
- Coordinates
- 43.470, -85.950
Hail, Newaygo
- When
- May 17, 6:42 PM CST
- Where
- Newaygo County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.470, -85.950
Tornado, Allegan
- When
- May 17, 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Allegan County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.530, -86.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 17, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.230, -84.400
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 17, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 17, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 17, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 17, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 17, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 17, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 17, 1986
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: 10052842, 10052843, 10052844, 10052845, 10052846, 10052847, 10052848, 10052849, 10052850, 10052851, 10052852, 10052853, 10052854, 10052855, 10052856, 10052859, 10052857, 10052858, 10052860, 10052861, 10052862.