Tornado History Map

Midland County, Michigan tornado history

10 tornadoes recorded in or across Midland County from 1951 to 2012, 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 Midland County

The Storm Prediction Center records 10 tornadoes whose paths touched Midland County, Michigan between 1951 and 2012. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 14 April 1974. The most recent was on 12 March 2012.

  • 10tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 193per 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 Midland County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0440%
F1 / EF1440%
F2 / EF2220%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Midland County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1970s.1950s11970s41980s11990s22010s2

The 2010s only run to 2012, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1970s4
1980s1
1990s2
2010s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr2May2Jun3Jul1Aug0Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr2
May2
Jun3
Jul1
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Midland County

  • Strongest: Michigan tornado14 April 1974, F2, 1 injury, 2.5 miles long
  • Longest path and Most recent: Michigan tornado12 March 2012, EF1, 5.1 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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