Tornado, Dickinson
- When
- June 10, 3:20 PM EST to 3:35 PM EST
- Where
- Dickinson County, 7 mi N of Ralph
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6.5 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Crop damage
- $120,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 46.167, -87.733
Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 10, 2000
A sharp temperature contrast between a warm, very moist airmass behind an east-west warm front across central Upper Michigan and cool air near Lake Superior helped fuel thunderstorms the afternoon of June 10th. Modest instability combined with the high moisture content of the atmosphere and surface dew points above 70 degrees F produced severe weather.
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
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- $125,000
- Events
- 6
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.
A sharp temperature contrast between a warm, very moist airmass behind an east-west warm front across central Upper Michigan and cool air near Lake Superior helped fuel thunderstorms the afternoon of June 10th. Modest instability combined with the high moisture content of the atmosphere and surface dew points above 70 degrees F produced severe weather. A low topped supercell formed along the warm front and was responsible for spawning an F1 tornado. The tornado touched down in the Escanaba State Forest in northeast Dickinson County and tracked from west to east on a nearly continuous 7 1/2 mile path through the woods into southern Marquette County. Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) aerial photography showed the path varying from about 200 feet to 1200 feet wide, becoming very narrow and evidencing skipping during its last 1 1/2 miles of travel. The tornado track began in Dickinson County T44 R28W S13 and ended in Marquette County T44 R26W S18. Michigan DNR GPS-derived end points of the tornado track are (deg.min.sec) 46.12.31N/87.45.4W and 46.12.63N/87.31.16W. The Michigan DNR estimates 400 acres of downed timber at a value of 250K. The DNR expects to be able to harvest and recover about half the timber.
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:20 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Marquette
- When
- June 10, 3:35 PM EST to 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Marquette County, 9 mi SW of Gwinn
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 46.183, -87.567
Thunderstorm Wind, Marquette
- When
- June 10, 4:05 PM EST
- Where
- Marquette County, 3 mi SW of Gwinn
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 46.250, -87.483
8 to 12 inch diameter trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Alger
- When
- June 10, 4:19 PM EST
- Where
- Alger County, 1 mi SE of Trenary
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 46.183, -86.950
Barn destroyed, killing a bull inside, trees down.
Hail, Alger
- When
- June 10, 4:21 PM EST
- Where
- Alger County, 1 mi E of Trenary
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.200, -86.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Schoolcraft
- When
- June 10, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Schoolcraft County, 2 mi NE of Steuben
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.200, -86.417
12 to 18 inch diameter trees down.
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
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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: 5152235, 5152236, 5152237, 5152240, 5152238, 5152239.