Lenawee County Tornado Statistics

County Date Time (EST) Type F-Scale Deaths Injuries $$ $$ (crops)
LENAWEE 06/12/54 5:30 PM Tornado 0 0 0 3000 0
LENAWEE 04/14/56 7:00 PM Tornado 1 0 0 3000 0
LENAWEE 08/03/58 6:30 PM Tornado 0 0 0 0 0
LENAWEE 08/26/62 5:25 PM Tornado 1 0 0 25000 0
LENAWEE 08/22/64 2:35 PM Tornado 3 0 2 25000 0
LENAWEE 08/22/64 2:40 PM Tornado 1 0 0 25000 0
LENAWEE 04/11/65 7:50 PM Tornado 4 5 42 25000000 0
LENAWEE 04/11/65 8:30 PM Tornado 4 4 41 0 0
LENAWEE 08/18/72 10:45 PM Tornado 0 0 0 25000 0
LENAWEE 06/16/73 7:05 PM Tornado 1 0 0 25000 0
LENAWEE 06/26/73 3:25 PM Tornado 0 0 0 0 0
LENAWEE 04/03/74 8:25 PM Tornado 2 0 3 25000 0
LENAWEE 04/03/74 8:30 PM Tornado 2 0 0 0 0
LENAWEE 03/12/76 5:10 PM Tornado 2 0 0 250000 0
LENAWEE 06/24/76 6:25 PM Tornado 1 0 0 25000 0
LENAWEE 06/20/79 5:41 PM Tornado 2 0 0 250000 0
LENAWEE 08/29/79 5:48 PM Tornado 1 0 0 25000 0
LENAWEE 04/13/82 12:26 AM Tornado 0 0 0 3000 0
LENAWEE 05/02/83 12:35 AM Tornado 2 0 0 25000 0
LENAWEE 05/02/83 12:37 AM Tornado 2 0 0 25000 0
LENAWEE 05/02/83 12:40 AM Tornado 2 0 0 25000 0
LENAWEE 05/27/85 1:05 AM Tornado 1 0 0 3000 0
LENAWEE 07/15/86 9:23 PM Tornado 0 0 0 0 0
LENAWEE 06/29/87 6:20 PM Tornado 1 0 0 3000 0
LENAWEE 07/31/87 2:30 PM Tornado 0 0 0 3000 0
LENAWEE 04/03/88 12:44 PM Tornado 0 0 0 25000 0
LENAWEE 05/15/88 6:19 PM Tornado 0 0 1 3000 0
LENAWEE 06/20/94 1:40 PM Tornado 0 0 0 50000 0
LENAWEE 03/28/98 10:58 AM Tornado 1 0 0 25000 0
LENAWEE 05/23/99 1:50 PM Tornado 1 0 0 15000 0
LENAWEE 6/21/2006 5:10 PM Tornado 0 0 0 40000 0

STRONGEST TORNADOES

The strongest tornadoes in Lenawee County since 1950 occurred on April 11, 1965. These tornadoes both were categorized as F4 (out of 5) on the Fujita scale. They were part of the Palm Sunday Outbreak that caused 256 deaths, over 1500 injuries, and $200 million in damage over Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. Nine deaths and 83 injuries were in Lenawee County.

The tornadoes, though separated in time by a half- hour or more, travelled along nearly the same path in Michigan. This path extended from near East Gilead in southern Branch County to 10 miles east of Milan in far northern Monroe County. The first tornado originated in Indiana. Overall, over 550 houses and 1000 buildings were destroyed or damaged by the tornadoes. In Lenawee County, the tornadoes had a mean width of a mile, and damage was over $5 million.

On August 22, 1964, the 2:35 PM tornado was an F3, and occurred around the community of Springville. Two persons were injured from this tornado. Since 1950, all other tornadoes have either been F2, F1, or F0.

The pair of tornadoes that occurred in Lenawee County on April 3, 1974 were part of the Super Outbreak that caused over 300 deaths, nearly 5500 injuries, and $600 million in damage over 13 states and Ontario. 3 injuries were reported in Lenawee County from the tornadoes, which occurred in the Hudson area and were categorized as F2.

Early in the morning on May 2, 1983, 3 tornadoes occurred within minutes of one another. The first occurred around Onsted, the second near Tipton, and the third just south of Tecumseh. All of the tornadoes were categorized as F2. Combined, there were 2 barns destroyed, with damage to another barn, 8 houses, and 4 vehicles.

An F0 tornado that occurred around Deerfield on May 15, 1988 injured a man when a tree fell on his car.

Fujita Tornado Scale:

F0 - Gale Tornado (42-72 mph)
F1 - Moderate Tornado (73-112 mph)
F2 - Significant Tornado (113-157 mph)
F3 - Severe Tornado (158-206 mph)
F4 - Devastating Tornado (207-260 mph)
F5 - Incredible Tornado (261-318 mph)

Statistics last updated: January 6th, 2007

USA.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal to all federal, state and local government web resources and services.