Funnel Cloud, Isabella
- When
- April 6, 1:15 PM EST to 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Isabella County, 4 Ne Weidman
- Coordinates
- 43.641, -84.847 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Michigan, April 6, 1997
Surrey Township Fire Department in Clare County reported a confirmed funnel cloud in north central Isabella County near intersection of Colemand and Vandecar Roads in Gilmore Township. The funnel cloud did not touch the ground, nor did it cause any damage.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Surrey Township Fire Department in Clare County reported a confirmed funnel cloud in north central Isabella County near intersection of Colemand and Vandecar Roads in Gilmore Township. The funnel cloud did not touch the ground, nor did it cause any damage.
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:14 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
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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: 5598584.