What the record says
On 8 June 1953, a tornado touched down near Flushing, Michigan. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 18.9 miles long and up to 833 yards wide, rated F5 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 116 people and injured 844. That makes it the 2nd deadliest tornado in the record, which runs from 1950.
- F5Fujita rating
- 116deaths
- 844injuries
- 18.9 mipath length
- 833 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5 and it killed three or more people.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 43.10, -83.85 and the end point at 43.17, -83.42 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Michigan
- Adrian, Michigan tornado11 April 1965, F4, 23 deaths, 294 injuries, 90.3 miles long
- Adrian, Michigan tornado11 April 1965, F4, 21 deaths, 293 injuries, 80.5 miles long
- Holland, Michigan tornado3 April 1956, F5, 17 deaths, 292 injuries, 58.8 miles long
- Mount Clemens, Michigan tornado8 May 1964, F4, 11 deaths, 224 injuries, 3.3 miles long
- Walker, Michigan tornado11 April 1965, F4, 5 deaths, 142 injuries, 20.6 miles long
- Kalamazoo, Michigan tornado13 May 1980, F3, 5 deaths, 79 injuries, 10.6 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1953
- Waco, Texas tornado11 May 1953, F5, 114 deaths, 597 injuries, 20.9 miles long
- Framingham, Massachusetts tornado9 June 1953, F4, 94 deaths, 1,228 injuries, 34.9 miles long
- Vicksburg, Mississippi tornado5 December 1953, F5, 38 deaths, 270 injuries, 9 miles long
- Warner Robins, Georgia tornado30 April 1953, F4, 18 deaths, 300 injuries, 1 mile long
- Cleveland, Ohio tornado8 June 1953, F4, 17 deaths, 379 injuries, 118 miles long
All tornadoes of 1953 · Michigan tornado history · All notable tornadoes