High Wind, Allegan
- When
- November 10, 10:00 AM EST to November 11, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Allegan forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 42.518, -85.910 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado and High Wind in Michigan, November 10 to 11, 1998
A low pressure system of historic dimension moved from the central plains across the upper midwest and Lake superior to Ontario, Canada. Winds during this event exceeded 50 mph across the entire county warning area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 23 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
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 low pressure system of historic dimension moved from the central plains across the upper midwest and Lake superior to Ontario, Canada. Winds during this event exceeded 50 mph across the entire county warning area. The highest gust reported was 87 mph in Mason County with gusts exceeding 60 mph common across the remainder of the County Warning Area. The timing of the onset and dissipation of the storm is estimated. Over 167,000 homes were without power and cleanup efforts were extensive.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
22 high wind, 1 waterspout, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Barry
- When
- November 10, 10:00 AM EST to November 11, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Barry forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.595, -85.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lake
- When
- November 10, 10:00 AM EST to November 11, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Lake forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 43.990, -85.802 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Mason
- When
- November 10, 10:00 AM EST to November 11, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mason forecast zone
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph)
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 43.956, -86.423 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Muskegon
- When
- November 10, 10:00 AM EST to November 11, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Muskegon forecast zone
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.219, -86.212 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Newaygo
- When
- November 10, 10:00 AM EST to November 11, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Newaygo forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 43.554, -85.801 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Oceana
- When
- November 10, 10:00 AM EST to November 11, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Oceana forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.682, -86.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Ottawa
- When
- November 10, 10:00 AM EST to November 11, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ottawa forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.003, -86.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Van Buren
- When
- November 10, 10:00 AM EST to November 11, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Van Buren forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 42.285, -86.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Calhoun
- When
- November 10, 11:00 AM EST to November 11, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Calhoun forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.247, -85.006 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Kalamazoo
- When
- November 10, 11:00 AM EST to November 11, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Kalamazoo forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.245, -85.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Kent
- When
- November 10, 11:00 AM EST to November 11, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.032, -85.549 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Mecosta
- When
- November 10, 11:00 AM EST to November 11, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Mecosta forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.641, -85.325 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Montcalm
- When
- November 10, 11:00 AM EST to November 11, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Montcalm forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 43.311, -85.152 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Osceola
- When
- November 10, 11:00 AM EST to November 11, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Osceola forecast zone
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.990, -85.325 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Clare
- When
- November 10, 12:00 PM EST to November 11, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clare forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 43.988, -84.848 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Clinton
- When
- November 10, 12:00 PM EST to November 11, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.944, -84.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Eaton
- When
- November 10, 12:00 PM EST to November 11, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eaton forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 42.596, -84.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Gratiot
- When
- November 10, 12:00 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gratiot forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.293, -84.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Ingham
- When
- November 10, 12:00 PM EST to November 11, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ingham forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 42.597, -84.373 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Isabella
- When
- November 10, 12:00 PM EST to November 11, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Isabella forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.641, -84.847 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Jackson
- When
- November 10, 1:00 PM EST to November 11, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.249, -84.423 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout, Muskegon
- When
- November 10, 1:45 PM EST to 1:52 PM EST
- Where
- Muskegon County, Roosevelt Park
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.219, -86.212 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout reported as 1/2 mile wide offshore showed rotation to 8,000 feet on radar.
Tornado, Muskegon
- When
- November 10, 1:52 PM EST
- Where
- Muskegon County, Roosevelt Park
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 700 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -86.230
Tornado rapidly dissipated as it moved inland as a tornado.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind, Muskegon | 1998-11-10 | Male | Under Tree | Direct |
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
- 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
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 10 to 11, 1998
- Tornado in Missouri, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Kentucky, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Iowa, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Michigan, November 10 to 11, 1998
- High Wind in Iowa, November 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, November 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Michigan, November 10 to 11, 1998
- High Wind in Ohio, November 10, 1998
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 1998Warnings in Michigan, November 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: 5675701, 5675702, 5675713, 5675714, 5675717, 5675718, 5675719, 5675721, 5675722, 5675703, 5675711, 5675712, 5675715, 5675716, 5675720, 5675704, 5675705, 5675706, 5675707, 5675708, 5675709, 5675710, 5675699, 5675700.