Tornado, Calhoun
- When
- September 10, 4:03 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.8 mi
- Path width
- 223 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -85.300
Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, September 10, 1986
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Allegan
- When
- September 10, 4:12 PM CST
- Where
- Allegan County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -85.680
Tornado, Oakland
- When
- September 10, 5:58 PM EST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -83.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Ingham
- When
- September 10, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ingham County
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -84.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Ingham
- When
- September 10, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ingham County
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -84.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Genesee
- When
- September 10, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Genesee County
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -83.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Muskegon
- When
- September 10, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Muskegon County
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -86.120
Hail, Oakland
- When
- September 10, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.630, -83.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Kent
- When
- September 10, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -85.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Macomb
- When
- September 10, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Macomb County
- Coordinates
- 42.650, -83.030
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, September 10, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 10, 1986
- Hail in Nebraska, September 10, 1986
- Hail in Minnesota, September 10, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 10, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 10, 1986
- Hail in Iowa, September 10, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 10, 1986
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1986Warnings in Michigan, September 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: 10052222, 10052223, 10053078, 10053076, 10053077, 10053294, 10053295, 10053296, 10053297, 10053298.