Tornado, Ionia
- When
- September 26, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Ionia County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -84.920
Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, September 26, 1986
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- September 26, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 41.920, -83.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Oakland
- When
- September 26, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Coordinates
- 42.670, -83.380
Hail, Oakland
- When
- September 26, 2:43 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -83.580
Hail, Oakland
- When
- September 26, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -83.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Macomb
- When
- September 26, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Macomb County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -83.030
Hail, Calhoun
- When
- September 26, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -84.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- September 26, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -84.250
Tornado, Oakland
- When
- September 26, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.480, -83.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Lenawee
- When
- September 26, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lenawee County
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -84.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- September 26, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 41.870, -83.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- September 26, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 41.920, -83.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston
- When
- September 26, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -83.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- September 26, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -83.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Oakland
- When
- September 26, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Coordinates
- 42.670, -83.380
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Clair
- When
- September 26, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -82.530
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, September 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, September 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, September 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 26, 1986
- Hail in Alabama, September 26, 1986
- Hail in Nebraska, September 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in New York, September 26, 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: 10053304, 10053305, 10053306, 10053307, 10053308, 10053309, 10053310, 10053311, 10053317, 10053312, 10053313, 10053314, 10053315, 10053316, 10053318, 10053319.