Tornado, Chippewa
- When
- July 12, 2:23 PM EST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 45.970, -84.000
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 12, 1987
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montmorency
- When
- July 12, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Montmorency County
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -84.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Gladwin
- When
- July 12, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Gladwin County
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -84.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Genesee
- When
- July 12, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Genesee County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.020, -83.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Tuscola
- When
- July 12, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscola County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.470, -83.400
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 12, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 12, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 12, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 12, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 12, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 12, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 12, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 12, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 12, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 12, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 12, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 12, 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: 10055077, 10055078, 10055079, 10055080, 10055081.