Tornado, Newaygo
- When
- May 25, 12:43 AM EST
- Where
- Newaygo County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.520, -85.870
Tornado and Hail in Michigan, May 25, 1989
17 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 22
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, 4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kent
- When
- May 25, 12:20 AM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -85.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Kent
- When
- May 25, 12:28 AM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -85.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Midland
- When
- May 25, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -84.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Montcalm
- When
- May 25, 12:44 AM CST
- Where
- Montcalm County
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -85.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Gladwin
- When
- May 25, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Gladwin County
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -84.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Ionia
- When
- May 25, 12:50 AM CST
- Where
- Ionia County
- Coordinates
- 42.930, -85.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Gratiot
- When
- May 25, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Gratiot County
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -84.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Bay
- When
- May 25, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Bay County
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -83.900
Hail, Clinton
- When
- May 25, 1:20 AM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -84.570
Hail, Ingham
- When
- May 25, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Ingham County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -84.530
Hail, Eaton
- When
- May 25, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Eaton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -84.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecosta
- When
- May 25, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Mecosta County
- Coordinates
- 43.630, -85.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Muskegon
- When
- May 25, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Muskegon County
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -86.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Shiawassee
- When
- May 25, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Shiawassee County
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -84.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Saginaw
- When
- May 25, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Saginaw County
- Coordinates
- 43.350, -84.020
Hail, Ingham
- When
- May 25, 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- Ingham County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -84.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- May 25, 2:34 AM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -86.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa
- When
- May 25, 2:35 AM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.500, -84.330
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- May 25, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- St. Joseph County
- Coordinates
- 41.920, -85.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston
- When
- May 25, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -83.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- May 25, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -85.000
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.
- 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 Illinois, May 25, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 25, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 25, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 25, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 25, 1989
- Tornado in Iowa, May 25, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, May 25, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 25, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 25, 1989
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1989Warnings in Michigan, May 1989
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: 10051825, 10051822, 10051823, 10051824, 10051826, 10051827, 10051828, 10051829, 10051830, 10051831, 10051832, 10051833, 10051834, 10051835, 10051836, 10051837, 10051838, 10051839, 10051840, 10051841, 10051842, 10051843.