Tornado, Presque Isle
- When
- August 12, 12:25 PM EST
- Where
- Presque Isle County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.300, -84.230
Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, August 12, 1988
3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Cheboygan
- When
- August 12, 12:36 PM CST
- Where
- Cheboygan County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.300, -84.270
Tornado, Alpena
- When
- August 12, 1:50 PM EST
- Where
- Alpena County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.070, -83.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Alpena
- When
- August 12, 2:23 PM CST
- Where
- Alpena County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.080, -83.570
Hail, Alpena
- When
- August 12, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Alpena County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.020, -83.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Saginaw
- When
- August 12, 4:49 PM CST
- Where
- Saginaw County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -84.080
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 Damaging Wind in Texas, August 12, 1988
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- Damaging Winds in New York, August 12, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 12, 1988
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 12, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 12, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 12, 1988
- Hail in Ohio, August 12, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, August 12, 1988
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1988Warnings in Michigan, August 1988
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: 10054037, 10054038, 10054039, 10054040, 10054041, 10054042.