Thunderstorm Wind, Gogebic
- When
- July 11, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Gogebic County
- Coordinates
- 46.450, -89.700
Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 11, 1987
7 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $105,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Houghton
- When
- July 11, 11:47 AM EST
- Where
- Houghton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 47.250, -88.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Houghton
- When
- July 11, 11:18 AM CST
- Where
- Houghton County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.170, -88.480
Tornado, Keweenaw
- When
- July 11, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Keweenaw County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 47.270, -88.350
Hail, Lenawee
- When
- July 11, 12:14 PM CST
- Where
- Lenawee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.850, -84.350
Hail, Marquette
- When
- July 11, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marquette County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.500, -87.600
Tornado, Dickinson
- When
- July 11, 2:05 PM EST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.770, -87.870
Tornado, Menominee
- When
- July 11, 2:22 PM EST
- Where
- Menominee County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 20 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.750, -87.670
Tornado, Delta
- When
- July 11, 2:45 PM EST
- Where
- Delta County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 42 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.780, -87.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Delta
- When
- July 11, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Delta County
- Coordinates
- 45.720, -87.300
Tornado, Schoolcraft
- When
- July 11, 4:25 PM EST
- Where
- Schoolcraft County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.930, -86.420
Tornado, Chippewa
- When
- July 11, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 46.430, -85.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Mackinac
- When
- July 11, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mackinac County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.870, -84.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Cheboygan
- When
- July 11, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cheboygan County
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -84.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa
- When
- July 11, 5:39 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Coordinates
- 46.500, -84.330
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 South Dakota, July 11, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 11, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 11, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 11, 1987
- Hail in New Jersey, July 11, 1987
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: 10053993, 10053996, 10053994, 10053995, 10053997, 10053998, 10054854, 10054855, 10055071, 10054856, 10055072, 10055073, 10055074, 10055075, 10055076.