Tornado History Map

Berrien County, Michigan tornado history

32 tornadoes recorded in or across Berrien County from 1956 to 2017, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Berrien County

The Storm Prediction Center records 32 tornadoes whose paths touched Berrien County, Michigan between 1956 and 2017. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 13 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 4 March 1976. The most recent was on 28 February 2017.

  • 32tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 15injuries
  • 564per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Berrien County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0928%
F1 / EF11031%
F2 / EF21341%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Berrien County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in 1970s.1950s41960s41970s131980s41990s12000s22010s4

The 2010s only run to 2017, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s4
1970s13
1980s4
1990s1
2000s2
2010s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in Jun.Jan0Feb1Mar3Apr3May3Jun13Jul2Aug1Sep4Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar3
Apr3
May3
Jun13
Jul2
Aug1
Sep4
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Berrien County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Michigan tornado4 March 1976, F2, 9 injuries, 44.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Michigan tornado28 February 2017, EF1, 0.6 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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