Thunderstorm Wind, Roscommon
- When
- August 4, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Roscommon County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.350, -84.670
Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, August 4, 1988
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- August 4, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Coordinates
- 44.670, -84.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Oakland
- When
- August 4, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -83.150
Hail, Macomb
- When
- August 4, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Macomb County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.520, -83.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Roscommon
- When
- August 4, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Roscommon County
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -84.570
Tornado, Washtenaw
- When
- August 4, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Washtenaw County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -83.900
Tornado, Livingston
- When
- August 4, 1:41 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -83.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- August 4, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Coordinates
- 44.670, -84.800
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Maine, August 4, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Vermont, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 4, 1988
- Hail in New Mexico, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 4, 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: 10054013, 10054014, 10054015, 10054016, 10054017, 10054018, 10054019, 10054020.