Thunderstorm Wind, Isabella
- When
- August 17, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Isabella County
- Coordinates
- 43.600, -84.770
Tornado and Hail in Michigan, August 17, 1988
15 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
15 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Oakland
- When
- August 17, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -83.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Gratiot
- When
- August 17, 4:38 PM CST
- Where
- Gratiot County
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -84.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Mason
- When
- August 17, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mason County
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -86.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Lake
- When
- August 17, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -85.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Newaygo
- When
- August 17, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Newaygo County
- Coordinates
- 43.550, -85.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Montcalm
- When
- August 17, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Montcalm County
- Coordinates
- 43.280, -85.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Muskegon
- When
- August 17, 6:36 PM CST
- Where
- Muskegon County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -86.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Montcalm
- When
- August 17, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Montcalm County
- Coordinates
- 43.280, -85.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Kent
- When
- August 17, 6:43 PM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -85.530
Hail, Ionia
- When
- August 17, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ionia County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -84.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- August 17, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -86.000
Hail, Ionia
- When
- August 17, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ionia County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.800, -84.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Ingham
- When
- August 17, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ingham County
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -84.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston
- When
- August 17, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -83.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- August 17, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -85.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Oakland
- When
- August 17, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Coordinates
- 42.670, -83.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Ionia
- When
- August 17, 11:28 PM CST
- Where
- Ionia County
- Coordinates
- 43.100, -85.230
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Jersey, August 17, 1988
- Tornado in Colorado, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 17, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Montana, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 17, 1988
- Tornado in Texas, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 17, 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: 10055161, 10055162, 10055163, 10055164, 10055165, 10055166, 10055167, 10055168, 10055169, 10055170, 10055171, 10055172, 10055173, 10055174, 10055175, 10055176, 10055177, 10055178.