Tornado, Berrien
- When
- July 16, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Berrien County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -86.430
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 16, 1988
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 4
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Berrien
- When
- July 16, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Berrien County
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 41.950, -86.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Saginaw
- When
- July 16, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saginaw County
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -84.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Genesee
- When
- July 16, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Genesee County
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -83.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Oakland
- When
- July 16, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Oakland County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -83.230
Tornado, Wayne
- When
- July 16, 8:31 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -83.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- July 16, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -83.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Macomb
- When
- July 16, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Macomb County
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -82.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Washtenaw
- When
- July 16, 8:54 PM CST
- Where
- Washtenaw County
- Measured
- 74 kt (85 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -83.730
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Berrien | 1988-07-16 | Direct |
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 16, 1988
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1988Warnings in Michigan, July 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: 10052891, 10052888, 10052889, 10052890, 10052892, 10052895, 10052893, 10052894, 10052896.