Tornado, Kent
- When
- August 19, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Kent County, 3 mi E of Rockford
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 43.120, -85.500
Tornado in Michigan, August 19, 1996
Numerous trees were twisted out of the ground of had the tops twisted off by this short path tornado in Rockford. No building damage was reported.
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
- $5,000
- 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 GRR wrote it up.
Numerous trees were twisted out of the ground of had the tops twisted off by this short path tornado in Rockford. No building damage was reported.
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:40 UTC.
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 Mississippi, August 19, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 19, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 19, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, August 19, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 19, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 19, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 19, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 19, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 19, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 19, 1996
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: 5566393.