Michigan

Storm History: Macomb County, Michigan

491 episodes, 894 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Macomb 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
894
Deaths
18
Injuries
321
Damage
$617 million
Episodes
491

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
Hail35002$11 million
Tornado15012240$69 million
Thunderstorm Wind12106$7.9 million
Flash Flood7701$304 million
Flood3900$104 million
High Wind3100$50 million
Heavy Snow2900
Winter Storm2120$5.0 million
Heat13060
Lakeshore Flood1100$750,000
Cold/Wind Chill10311$25,000
Ice Storm900$63 million
Lightning601$1.0 million
Blizzard500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill510
Strong Wind400$23,000
Winter Weather300$150,000
Excessive Heat300
Drought200
Wildfire200$20,000
Frost/Freeze200$1.3 million
Dense Fog100

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 Macomb County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Macomb CountyEvery warning in Macomb 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.