Michigan Tornado Outbreaks

Michigan and Southeast Michigan Tornado Outbreaks

Below is a table that lists the most prominent tornado outbreaks across the entire State of Michigan and specifically for Southeast Michigan. There is no set definition for a tornado outbreak. The table was compiled by using 8 or more tornadoes in the state as the baseline for an outbreak OR 6 or more with at least one being an EF/F2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale/Fujita Scale.

Last Updated: 5/19/2025

	Southeast Michigan Data							State of Michigan Data
Date	EF/F0	EF/F1	EF/F2	EF/F3	EF/F4	EF/F5	Total	EF/F0	EF/F1	EF/F2	EF/F3	EF/F4	EF/F5	Total
Jun 8, 1953		1		2	2	1	6		1	1	3	2	1	8
May 12, 1956	1	1	2		2		6	1	1	6		2		10
Apr 11, 1965			2		3		5		1	4	2	5		12
Apr 21, 1967							0	1	1	6	1	1		10
Jun 26, 1973	6			3			9	6			3			9
Jul 14, 1974		4	1	1			6		6	1	1			8
Jun 15, 1982		2	3	1			6		3	4	1			8
Sep 14, 1990	1	2		1			4	1	5		1			7
Mar 27, 1991	2	1					3	5	3	3	4			15
Jul 2, 1997	1	9	1	2			13	2	9	3	2			16
May 21, 2001	3		1				4	13	4	2				19
Oct 24, 2001	1	2					3	3	7					10
Aug 24, 2007	2	1	1				4	2	2	1	1			6
Oct 18-19, 2007	1	4					5	1	5	5				11
Jun 5-6, 2010	1	1	1				3	1	3	4				8
May 28, 2013	2	2	2				6	2	2	2				6
Jun 22-23, 2015	3	2	1				6	3	3	1				7
Jun 26, 2021			1				1	4	2	1				7
Aug 24, 2023	1	5					6	1	5	1				7
Mar 30, 2025	1	1					2	9	5					14
May 15-16, 2025	2	1					3	5	6					11

*Tornadoes rated on the Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF) after February 1, 2007