Tornado, Emmet
- When
- August 14, 3:28 PM EST to 3:42 PM EST
- Where
- Emmet County, Pellston Airport
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 5 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.000, -85.330
Tornado in Michigan, August 14, 1996
Observers at the Pellston airport reported a small tornado northeast of the airport. It remained nearly stationary formuch of its existence then moved northeast.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS APX wrote it up.
Observers at the Pellston airport reported a small tornado northeast of the airport. It remained nearly stationary formuch of its existence then moved northeast. The tornado touched down in a field and did no damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, August 14, 1996
- Hail in Wyoming, August 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, August 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 14, 1996
- Hail in Wyoming, August 14, 1996
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1996Warnings in Michigan, August 1996
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: 5568437.