Thunderstorm Wind, Iron
- When
- August 15, 10:45 PM EST to 10:55 PM EST
- Where
- Iron County, Fortune Lake
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.080, -88.370
Strong thunderstorm winds downed a 20 inch diameter tree and blew tarpaper off a roof.
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 15 to 16, 1997
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:44 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Marquette
- When
- August 16, 12:02 AM EST to 12:10 AM EST
- Where
- Marquette County, Northland
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.070, -87.580
A tornado occurred at Northland (40 SW of Marquette). Several 12 to 18 inch diameter trees were uprooted and 4 chairs and a metal frame glass picnic table were blown off a deck of a house. Only one chair was damaged ($10 value). No other objects or buildings were damaged.
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.
- 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 Pennsylvania, August 15, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 15, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 15 to 16, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 15, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 15, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 15, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 15, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 15, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 15, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Hawaii, August 15, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 15, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 15, 1997
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1997Warnings in Michigan, August 1997
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: 5615966, 5615967.