Thunderstorm Wind, Barry
- When
- July 28, 11:30 AM EST
- Where
- Barry County, Hastings
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.650, -85.283
Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 28, 2000
A line of severe thunderstorms produced one fatality and numerous reports of wind damage and 1 report of large hail during the afternoon hours of July 28th. m.
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
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $165,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GRR wrote it up.
A line of severe thunderstorms produced one fatality and numerous reports of wind damage and 1 report of large hail during the afternoon hours of July 28th. Law enforcement reported numerous trees down across Barry County at 11:30 a.m. EST. Trees and power lines were downed in the Kalamazoo and Parchment areas (Kalamazoo County) at 11:45 a.m. EST. 0.88" hail was observed in Ada at 12:21 p.m. EST. Three quarters inch hail was reported by a trained spotter in Vicksburg (Kalamazoo County) at 12:55 p.m. EST. Law enforcement reported a downed tree at Lake Odessa (Ionia County) at 1 p.m. EST. A tree was also downed 1 mile north of Bellevue (Eaton County) at 13:01 p.m. EST. One person was killed in Cascade Township (Kent County) at 1:21 p.m. EST. The fatality occurred when a tree limb fell on an automobile, killing the driver at the intersection of Cascade Road and 45th Street. A tree was also downed at the intersection of Erie and Little roads (1 mile southwest of Parma, Jackson County) at 3:04 p.m. EST.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kalamazoo
- When
- July 28, 11:45 AM EST
- Where
- Kalamazoo County, Kalamazoo
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.283, -85.567
Hail, Kent
- When
- July 28, 12:21 PM EST
- Where
- Kent County, Ada
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 43.017, -85.483
Hail, Kalamazoo
- When
- July 28, 12:55 PM EST
- Where
- Kalamazoo County, Vicksburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.117, -85.533
Thunderstorm Wind, Ionia
- When
- July 28, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ionia County, Lake Odessa
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.783, -85.133
Thunderstorm Wind, Eaton
- When
- July 28, 1:01 PM EST
- Where
- Eaton County, Bellevue
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 42.450, -85.017
Thunderstorm Wind, Kent
- When
- July 28, 1:21 PM EST
- Where
- Kent County, Cascade
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.917, -85.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- July 28, 3:04 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson County, Parma
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -84.600
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Kent | 2000-07-28 | 28 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 28, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, July 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 28, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 28, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 28, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 28, 2000
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: 5173012, 5173013, 5173091, 5173014, 5173015, 5173016, 5173017, 5173018.