Hail, Osceola
- When
- May 8, 7:15 PM EST
- Where
- Osceola County, Ashton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.970, -85.500
Hail in Michigan, May 8, 1997
A cold front moving across the Great Lakes Region triggered thunderstorms across Central Lower Michigan. A few of these thunderstorms produced severe criteria hail during the evening hours of May 8, 1997.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 4
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.
A cold front moving across the Great Lakes Region triggered thunderstorms across Central Lower Michigan. A few of these thunderstorms produced severe criteria hail during the evening hours of May 8, 1997. No damage was reported.
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:16 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Osceola
- When
- May 8, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Osceola County, Evart
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -85.250
Nickel sized hail reported.
Hail, Clare
- When
- May 8, 8:05 PM EST
- Where
- Clare County, Lake George
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.970, -84.950
Half dollar sized hail reported.
Hail, Mecosta
- When
- May 8, 8:20 PM EST
- Where
- Mecosta County, Chippewa Lake
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.730, -85.300
Nickel sized hail reported.
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: 5605973, 5605974, 5605975, 5605976.