Michigan

Storm History: Berrien County, Michigan

308 episodes, 560 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Berrien County, Michigan: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
560
Deaths
5
Injuries
45
Damage
$24 million
Episodes
308

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.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind220111$1.3 million
Hail13600$1.7 million
Tornado106119$4.1 million
Flash Flood2400$8.3 million
Flood2200$8.5 million
Winter Storm2200
Lake-Effect Snow1000
Winter Weather600
Rip Current5314
Blizzard200
Cold/Wind Chill200
Heavy Snow200
Lightning101
High Wind100
Strong Wind100$10,000

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Berrien County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Berrien CountyEvery warning in Berrien County since 1986Every county in Michigan

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.