Tornado, Isabella
- When
- June 21, 8:26 PM EST to 9:35 PM EST
- Where
- Isabella County, Weidman to 3 mi WNW of Rosebush
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.4 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 43.680, -84.900
Tornado in Michigan, June 21, 1996
Numerous large trees were downed. Three homes were damaged along with 4 barns destroyed, and numerous other outbuildings, silos, and farm machinery were damaged.
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
- $500,000
- 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 large trees were downed. Three homes were damaged along with 4 barns destroyed, and numerous other outbuildings, silos, and farm machinery were damaged.
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:25 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
- Tornado in Michigan, June 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 21 to 22, 1996
- Flood in Iowa, June 21 to 22, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 21 to 22, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 21 to 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 21 to 22, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 21 to 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 21, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, June 21, 1996
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1996Warnings in Michigan, June 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: 5561649.