Tornado, Osceola
- When
- July 28, 5:00 PM EST to 5:01 PM EST
- Where
- Osceola County, Evart
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -85.250
Tornado in Michigan, July 28, 1996
Residents of a youth care facility witnessed the tornado touch down and damage a nearby pole barn, picking up the roof of the barn and twisting it. Remains of the roof then fell into the building.
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
- $2,000
- 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.
Residents of a youth care facility witnessed the tornado touch down and damage a nearby pole barn, picking up the roof of the barn and twisting it. Remains of the roof then fell into the building. The tornado then moved north of the barn toward a field and lifted.
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 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
- Rip Current in Florida, July 28, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, July 28, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 28, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 28, 1996
- Hail in North Dakota, July 28, 1996
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 28, 1996
- Hail in North Dakota, July 28, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 28, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 28, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Nevada, July 28, 1996
- Hail in Colorado, July 28, 1996
- Hail in North Dakota, July 28, 1996
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1996Warnings in Michigan, July 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: 5557369.