Hail, Washtenaw
- When
- July 8, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Washtenaw County, 5 mi S of Salem
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.330, -83.570
Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 8, 1997
Low pressure tracked across southern Michigan on the 8th. The resulting thunderstorms produced large hail across parts of the area during the afternoon.
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
- 9
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.
Low pressure tracked across southern Michigan on the 8th. The resulting thunderstorms produced large hail across parts of the area during the afternoon. Inch diameter hail was reported at Warren and Dixboro.
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wayne
- When
- July 8, 6:20 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Northville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.430, -83.480
Hail, Wayne
- When
- July 8, 6:23 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Northville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.430, -83.480
Hail, Wayne
- When
- July 8, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Livonia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -83.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Washtenaw
- When
- July 8, 6:42 PM EST
- Where
- Washtenaw County, 5 mi NE of Manchester
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -83.970
Hail, Oakland
- When
- July 8, 6:44 PM EST
- Where
- Oakland County, Royal Oak Township
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.450, -83.150
Hail, Macomb
- When
- July 8, 6:50 PM EST
- Where
- Macomb County, Warren
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.520, -83.000
Hail, Washtenaw
- When
- July 8, 7:05 PM EST
- Where
- Washtenaw County, Dixboro
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -83.650
Hail, Wayne
- When
- July 8, 7:10 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Plymouth
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.370, -83.470
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 8, 1997
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- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 8, 1997
- Tornado in New York, July 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 8, 1997
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, July 8, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 8, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 8, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, July 8 to 9, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, July 8, 1997
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: 5607731, 5607732, 5607737, 5607738, 5607739, 5607733, 5607734, 5607735, 5607736.