Thunderstorm Wind, Kalamazoo
- When
- April 30, 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Kalamazoo County, Portage
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -85.570
Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 30, 1997
Minor structural damage to several homes in the 10600 block of South 12th Street. Out buildings and one residential garage completely destroyed.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- 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.
Minor structural damage to several homes in the 10600 block of South 12th Street. Out buildings and one residential garage completely destroyed. High winds toppled a 140-foot communications tower on Schuring Road. A portion of the roof on a youth center, behind St. Catherine of Siena Church at 1150 West Centre Street, was damaged. Numerous large trees and power lines were downed across the city. No injuries were reported.
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:42 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5598596.