Michigan, 1997

Hail in Michigan, July 13, 1997

July 13, 1997 · NWS GRR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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.

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:49 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Montcalm

When
July 13, 9:50 PM EST
Where
Montcalm County, Langston
Measured
1.5 in hail
Coordinates
43.320, -85.250

Marble to golfball-sized hail was reported at Clifford Lake in Douglass Township, about 2 miles east of Langston or 5 miles west of Stanton.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5617736.