Michigan

Storm History: Ogemaw County, Michigan

191 episodes, 247 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Ogemaw 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
247
Deaths
2
Injuries
29
Damage
$41 million
Episodes
191

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
Hail7212$33 million
Tornado57121$7.1 million
Winter Storm3500$5,000
Thunderstorm Wind2700$159,000
Heavy Snow2100$50,000
Flash Flood900$629,000
Blizzard800
High Wind400$30,000
Ice Storm400$5,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Heat100
Flood100
Dust Devil100$30
Lightning106
Excessive Heat100
Strong Wind100$6,000

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 Ogemaw County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Ogemaw CountyEvery warning in Ogemaw 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.