Thunderstorm Wind, Alpena
- When
- August 5, 10:58 AM CST
- Where
- Alpena County
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -83.570
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 5, 1988
15 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montmorency
- When
- August 5, 10:58 AM CST
- Where
- Montmorency County
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -84.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Oscoda
- When
- August 5, 10:58 AM CST
- Where
- Oscoda County
- Coordinates
- 44.670, -84.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Presque Isle
- When
- August 5, 10:58 AM CST
- Where
- Presque Isle County
- Coordinates
- 45.400, -83.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Gratiot
- When
- August 5, 11:05 AM CST
- Where
- Gratiot County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -84.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Barry
- When
- August 5, 11:35 AM CST
- Where
- Barry County
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -85.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- August 5, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -84.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- August 5, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -85.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Shiawassee
- When
- August 5, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Shiawassee County
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -84.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Genesee
- When
- August 5, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Genesee County
- Coordinates
- 43.020, -83.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Eaton
- When
- August 5, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Eaton County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -85.000
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- August 5, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Coordinates
- 41.820, -85.420
Tornado, Oakland
- When
- August 5, 2:07 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -83.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Ingham
- When
- August 5, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ingham County
- Coordinates
- 42.450, -84.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- August 5, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -84.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Branch
- When
- August 5, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Branch County
- Coordinates
- 41.920, -85.070
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 5, 1988
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- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 5, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 5, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 5, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 5, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 5, 1988
- Hail in Nevada, August 5, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 5, 1988
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: 10054021, 10054022, 10054023, 10054024, 10054025, 10054026, 10054027, 10054028, 10054029, 10054030, 10054031, 10054032, 10054033, 10054034, 10054035, 10054036.