Thunderstorm Wind, Bay
- When
- August 14, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bay County
- Coordinates
- 43.620, -83.830
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 14, 1988
17 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- 3
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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
17 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tuscola
- When
- August 14, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscola County
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -83.470
Tornado, Ionia
- When
- August 14, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Ionia County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 240 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -85.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Sanilac
- When
- August 14, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Sanilac County
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 43.430, -82.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- August 14, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -84.580
Tornado, Ingham
- When
- August 14, 8:56 PM EST
- Where
- Ingham County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 127 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -84.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Allegan
- When
- August 14, 8:44 PM CST
- Where
- Allegan County
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -85.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Barry
- When
- August 14, 8:44 PM CST
- Where
- Barry County
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -85.450
Tornado, Livingston
- When
- August 14, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 23.3 mi
- Path width
- 127 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.480, -84.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- August 14, 9:43 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -84.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Ingham
- When
- August 14, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ingham County
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -84.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Kalamazoo
- When
- August 14, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Kalamazoo County
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -85.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston
- When
- August 14, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -83.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Oakland
- When
- August 14, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Coordinates
- 42.670, -83.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- August 14, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -83.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- August 14, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -85.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Washtenaw
- When
- August 14, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Washtenaw County
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -83.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- August 14, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -86.080
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- August 14, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Coordinates
- 41.920, -85.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Branch
- When
- August 14, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Branch County
- Coordinates
- 41.920, -85.070
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Ingham | 1988-08-14 | Direct |
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Florida, August 14, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 14, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 14, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, August 14, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 14, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 14, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 14, 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: 10054043, 10054044, 10054046, 10054045, 10054047, 10054050, 10054048, 10054049, 10054051, 10054052, 10054053, 10054054, 10054055, 10054056, 10054057, 10054058, 10054059, 10054060, 10054061, 10054062.