Hail, Iron
- When
- June 25, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Iron County, Amasa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.230, -88.450
Tornado and Hail in Michigan, June 25, 1998
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:27 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- June 25, 4:02 PM EST to 4:21 PM EST
- Where
- Dickinson County, Iron Mtn to Norway
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 45.830, -88.050
Thunderstorm downburst winds downed trees up to 12 inches in diameter in Iron Mountain, Kingsford and Vulcan. A 60 mph wind gust downed traffic signals in Norway. Several vehicles damaged. There were a total of 16 house and tree fires started by lightning from this storm.
Hail, Iron
- When
- June 25, 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Iron County, Crystal Falls
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.100, -88.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Menominee
- When
- June 25, 4:21 PM EST to 5:01 PM EST
- Where
- Menominee County, Daggett to Spalding
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.470, -87.620
Strong thunderstorm winds downed power lines throughout Menominee County and downed trees up to 12 inches in diameter.
Funnel Cloud, Delta
- When
- June 25, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Delta County, 15 mi S of Escanaba
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.792, -86.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Delta
- When
- June 25, 4:45 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Delta County, Escanaba to 8 mi of Brampton
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 45.830, -87.180
A tornado touched down at the intersection of County Road 414 and 533 northwest of Escanaba. The storm damaged the siding and roof of a house under construction. Fiberglass insulation was blown in a random manner and a cover to a hot tub was blown against the side of a tree. Approximately one half mile east, was a storage shed that had collasped and a pole barn with a door blown in. The parent storm travelled northeast with evidence of another tornado touchdown near M-35 near Brampton, 12 miles north of Escanaba.
Funnel Cloud, Delta
- When
- June 25, 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Delta County, 7 mi W of Escanaba
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.792, -86.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Delta
- When
- June 25, 4:55 PM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Delta County, Escanaba to 9 mi of Escanaba
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.850, -87.200
Strong winds uprooted several trees in and northwest of Escanaba, damaging roofs and windows.
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.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 25 to 26, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 25, 1998
- Heat in New Jersey, June 25 to 26, 1998
- Heat in Wisconsin, June 25, 1998
- Heat in Delaware, June 25 to 26, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 25, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, June 25 to 26, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 25, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 25, 1998
- Hail in Idaho, June 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 25, 1998
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1998Warnings in Michigan, June 1998
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: 5652531, 5652532, 5652537, 5652533, 5652538, 5652535, 5652534, 5652536.