High Wind, Midland
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Midland forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 43.647, -84.388 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Michigan, March 25, 1996
A strong low pressure area tracked across northern Michigan during the morning on the 25th, with the cold front passing through southeast Michigan during the afternoon on the 25th. Strong winds associated with the front ripped the roof off of a car wash in Redford, ripped the roof off of a mobile home in Midland, uprooted a large tree and toppled it onto the roof of a house in Ferndale and…
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 17 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $65,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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 DTX wrote it up.
A strong low pressure area tracked across northern Michigan during the morning on the 25th, with the cold front passing through southeast Michigan during the afternoon on the 25th. Strong winds associated with the front ripped the roof off of a car wash in Redford, ripped the roof off of a mobile home in Midland, uprooted a large tree and toppled it onto the roof of a house in Ferndale and shattered windows at a high-rise building in Detroit. In addition, downed powerlines resulted in outages to about 10000 Detroit Edison customers throughout southeast Michigan. The peak wind gust at Detroit's Metro Airport was 54 mph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
17 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Bay
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bay forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.721, -83.942 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Huron
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Huron forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.910, -82.855 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Saginaw
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Saginaw forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.335, -84.053 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Tuscola
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tuscola forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.491, -83.440 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sanilac
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sanilac forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.443, -82.646 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Shiawassee
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Shiawassee forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.954, -84.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Genesee
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Genesee forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.022, -83.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lapeer
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lapeer forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.090, -83.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, St. Clair
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- St. Clair forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.931, -82.664 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Livingston
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Livingston forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.603, -83.911 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Oakland
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Oakland forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 42.660, -83.386 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Macomb
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Macomb forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.673, -82.910 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Washtenaw
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Washtenaw forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.253, -83.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wayne
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 42.285, -83.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lenawee
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lenawee forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.895, -84.066 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Monroe
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.921, -83.494 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Illinois, March 25, 1996
- Blizzard in Iowa, March 25, 1996
- High Wind in Ohio, March 25, 1996
- High Wind in New York, March 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, March 25, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, March 25, 1996
- High Wind in Illinois, March 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, March 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, March 25, 1996
- High Wind in Indiana, March 25, 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: 5540133, 5540134, 5540135, 5540136, 5540137, 5540138, 5540139, 5540140, 5540141, 5540142, 5540143, 5540144, 5540145, 5540146, 5540147, 5540148, 5540149.