Thunderstorm Wind, Delta
- When
- May 17, 10:10 PM EST to 10:15 PM EST
- Where
- Delta County, Cornell to Gladstone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Coordinates
- 45.900, -87.230
Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 17, 1998
Microburst with wind gusts over 75 mph downed dozens of trees and damaged buildings at Cornell and Gladstone. At Cornell, strong winds destroyed a barn.
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
- 2
- Property damage
- $400,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
Microburst with wind gusts over 75 mph downed dozens of trees and damaged buildings at Cornell and Gladstone. At Cornell, strong winds destroyed a barn. In Gladstone, trees up 30 inches in diameter were blown down. Three storage sheds were destroyed, 15 homes suffered significant damage, and many other homes and businesses received minor damage. A 12 year girl in Gladstone suffered a broken arm when a pop up camper she was in flipped over. A woman inside a Gladstone house received a lacerated ear when a 2by 4 from a demolished storage shed crashed through a window.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
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- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 17, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, May 17, 1998
- Hail in North Carolina, May 17, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, May 17, 1998
- Hail in South Carolina, May 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 17, 1998
- Hail in North Carolina, May 17, 1998
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, May 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: 5644158.