Hail, Otsego
- When
- May 19, 11:57 AM EST
- Where
- Otsego County, Gaylord
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -84.680
Tornado and Hail in Michigan, May 19, 1998
12 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 15
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
12 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Otsego
- When
- May 19, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Otsego County, Gaylord
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -84.680
Hail, Otsego
- When
- May 19, 12:02 PM EST
- Where
- Otsego County, 10 mi E of Waters
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.870, -84.520
Hail, Otsego
- When
- May 19, 12:05 PM EST
- Where
- Otsego County, Gaylord
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -84.680
Hail, Alcona
- When
- May 19, 1:27 PM EST
- Where
- Alcona County, Glennie
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.570, -83.720
Hail, Alpena
- When
- May 19, 1:43 PM EST
- Where
- Alpena County, 10 mi S of Alpena
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.920, -83.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Alcona
- When
- May 19, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alcona County, Glennie
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.570, -83.720
Strong straight-line winds downed numerous trees of up to 8 - 12" in diameter in Glennie Park. One mobile home was destroyed by a falling tree.
Hail, Iosco
- When
- May 19, 2:09 PM EST
- Where
- Iosco County, Tawas City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -83.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Alcona
- When
- May 19, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Alcona County, Harrisville
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.670, -83.280
Hail, Iosco
- When
- May 19, 2:25 PM EST
- Where
- Iosco County, East Tawas
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.280, -83.480
Hail, Montmorency
- When
- May 19, 3:39 PM EST
- Where
- Montmorency County, Atlanta
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -84.150
Hail, Montmorency
- When
- May 19, 3:41 PM EST
- Where
- Montmorency County, Atlanta
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -84.150
Hail, Montmorency
- When
- May 19, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Montmorency County, Atlanta
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -84.150
Tornado, Montmorency
- When
- May 19, 4:05 PM EST
- Where
- Montmorency County, 4 mi SE of Atlanta
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -84.100
The brief tornado touchdown occurred in association with a supercell which developed when easterly winds associated with an outflow boundary from earlier storms interacted with westerly synoptic scale winds. The tornado briefly touched down then quickly lifted back up and was nearly stationary while on the ground. The tornado did no damage.
Hail, Iosco
- When
- May 19, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Iosco County, East Tawas
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.280, -83.480
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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, May 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 19 to 20, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, May 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, May 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- High Wind in Kansas, May 19, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 19, 1998
- Hail in Michigan, May 19, 1998
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1998Warnings 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: 5647375, 5647376, 5647377, 5647378, 5647379, 5647380, 5647381, 5647382, 5647383, 5647384, 5647385, 5647386, 5647387, 5647388, 5647389.