Hail, Midland
- When
- May 8, 8:40 PM EST
- Where
- Midland County, Poseyville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -84.250
Hail in Michigan, May 8, 1997
A strong low pressure system tracking across lake Superior pushed a cold front across southeast Michigan late on the 8th. Scattered thunderstorms developed along the front, with the strongest storms affecting the Saginaw Valley.
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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
A strong low pressure system tracking across lake Superior pushed a cold front across southeast Michigan late on the 8th. Scattered thunderstorms developed along the front, with the strongest storms affecting the Saginaw Valley. Hail with diameters of up to an inch was reported at several locations.
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:39 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Saginaw
- When
- May 8, 8:55 PM EST
- Where
- Saginaw County, Freeland
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.520, -84.120
Hail, Bay
- When
- May 8, 9:15 PM EST
- Where
- Bay County, 5 mi SE of Bay City
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.550, -83.820
Hail, Tuscola
- When
- May 8, 10:25 PM EST
- Where
- Tuscola County, 5 mi W of Kingston
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -83.280
Hail, Tuscola
- When
- May 8, 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Tuscola County, 2 mi S of Caro
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.450, -83.400
Hail, Tuscola
- When
- May 8, 10:35 PM EST
- Where
- Tuscola County, 2 mi S of Caro
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.450, -83.400
Hail, Sanilac
- When
- May 8, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sanilac County, Deckerville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -82.730
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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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: 5600212, 5600213, 5600214, 5600216, 5600215, 5600218, 5600217.