Hail, Iosco
- When
- May 23, 6:14 PM EST
- Where
- Iosco County, East Tawas
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.283, -83.483
Hail in Michigan, May 23 to 24, 2000
A weak surface boundary extending across Northern Lower Michigan combined with afternoon heating to trigger scattered thunderstorms across Northeast Lower Michigan. These storms began in the evening and ended overnight.
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
- 4
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 APX wrote it up.
A weak surface boundary extending across Northern Lower Michigan combined with afternoon heating to trigger scattered thunderstorms across Northeast Lower Michigan. These storms began in the evening and ended overnight. A few of these storms produced severe hail.
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:11 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Iosco
- When
- May 23, 6:16 PM EST
- Where
- Iosco County, Tawas City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.267, -83.517
Hail, Arenac
- When
- May 23, 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Arenac County, 8 mi S of Standish
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 43.867, -83.967
Hail, Iosco
- When
- May 24, 1:20 AM EST
- Where
- Iosco County, National City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.233, -83.717
What these are
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, May 23 to 24, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 23, 2000
- Tornadoes in Ohio, May 23, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Ohio, May 23, 2000
- Hail in Illinois, May 23, 2000
- Hail in Missouri, May 23, 2000
- Hail in Missouri, May 23, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 23, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Ohio, May 23, 2000
- Tornado in Kentucky, May 23, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, May 23, 2000
- Hail in Illinois, May 23, 2000
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, May 2000
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: 5144181, 5144182, 5144247, 5144248.