Hail, Ingham
- When
- July 14, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Ingham County, Williamston
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 42.683, -84.267
Hail in Michigan, July 14, 2000
Thunderstorms that produced several reports of large hail developed across south central lower Michigan during the afternoon hours of July 14th in an unstable air mass preceding the arrival of a trough of low pressure. m.
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
- $65,000
- Crop damage
- $40,000
- Events
- 3
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.
Thunderstorms that produced several reports of large hail developed across south central lower Michigan during the afternoon hours of July 14th in an unstable air mass preceding the arrival of a trough of low pressure. 0.88" diameter hail was reported 4 miles north of Williamston, in Ingham County, at 1:30 p.m. EST. 0.88" diameter hail was also reported in Rives Junction (Jackson County) at 2:08 p.m. EST. Local law enforcement reported one and three quarters inch hail in Ashley (Gratiot County) at 4:00 p.m. EST.
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:28 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jackson
- When
- July 14, 2:08 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson County, Rives Jct
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 42.383, -84.450
Hail, Gratiot
- When
- July 14, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gratiot County, Ashley
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.183, -84.483
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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The same day elsewhere
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More
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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: 5173008, 5173009, 5173010.