Nottawa Community School Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
Hot Rankings
The chance of earthquake damage in Nottawa Community School is about the same as Michigan average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Nottawa Community School is much higher than Michigan average and is much higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #303
| Nottawa Community School | 0.02 |
| Michigan | 0.04 |
| U.S. | 1.81 |
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #1
| Nottawa Community School | 0.0000 |
| Michigan | 0.0000 |
| U.S. | 0.0023 |
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #136
| Nottawa Community School | 220.70 |
| Michigan | 140.33 |
| U.S. | 136.45 |
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 3,211 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Nottawa Community School were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
| Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count |
| Avalanche: | 0 | Blizzard: | 16 | Cold: | 5 | Dense Fog: | 4 | Drought: | 2 |
| Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 100 | Hail: | 733 | Heat: | 6 | Heavy Snow: | 173 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 0 | Ice Storm: | 24 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 53 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 1,872 | Tropical Storm: | 0 | Wildfire: | 0 | Winter Storm: | 138 | Winter Weather: | 9 |
| Other: | 76 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Nottawa Community School.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Nottawa Community School.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Nottawa Community School.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 97 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Nottawa Community School.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 1.3 | 1955-07-06 | 2 | 41°55'N / 85°29'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | St. Joseph | |||
| 7.4 | 1966-07-09 | 2 | 41°56'N / 85°19'W | 0.50 Mile | 10 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | St. Joseph | |
| 10.8 | 2010-06-05 | 2 | 41°49'N / 85°41'W | 41°46'N / 85°29'W | 11.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 300K | 0K | St. Joseph |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A survey of damage across southern St. Joseph county was performed by NWS Personnel. The damage found indicates that a circulation touched down over an open field north of Miller Road and west of Blue School Road. The tornado initially struck two barns, destroying them and sending the debris several miles downwind. The tornado then picked up a trailer at a local Port-A-Jon business. It appears that a combination of the strong winds and the trailer striking one of the guy wires, resulted in a 350 foot cell tower being blown down into an adjacent tower, causing the failure of both (DI: FST DOD:2). The tornado then continued across mainly open fields, scouring a 200 yard wide area of corn, just to the east-southeast of the cell towers and several trees along its track. The final damage occurred at a residence where minor roof damage was done to a barn, as well as more focused tree damage and a center pivot irrigation system being flipped. The tornado reached a maximum of roughly 200 yards in width and was on the ground for over 10 miles. Maximum winds are estimated at around 125 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A warm front worked north towards lower Michigan during the evening hours of the 5th. Storms were initially slow to organize, but quickly intensified and became super cellular as they moved off Lake Michigan. A combination of tornadoes and micro bursts were found in surveys across Berrien, Cass and St. Joseph counties. | |||||||||||
| 13.8 | 1976-03-12 | 2 | 41°45'N / 85°19'W | 41°47'N / 85°15'W | 3.30 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | St. Joseph |
| 14.1 | 1976-03-12 | 2 | 41°41'N / 85°30'W | 41°45'N / 85°19'W | 10.10 Miles | 127 Yards | 0 | 8 | 25K | 0 | Lagrange |
| 14.3 | 1965-04-11 | 4 | 41°43'N / 85°40'W | 41°45'N / 85°30'W | 8.50 Miles | 333 Yards | 5 | 42 | 0K | 0 | Lagrange |
| 14.8 | 1976-03-12 | 2 | 41°47'N / 85°15'W | 41°48'N / 85°12'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Branch | ||
| 15.0 | 1953-05-17 | 2 | 41°47'N / 85°46'W | 41°51'N / 85°40'W | 6.40 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | St. Joseph |
| 16.2 | 1965-04-11 | 4 | 41°38'N / 85°40'W | 41°44'N / 85°16'W | 21.60 Miles | 177 Yards | 5 | 41 | 2.5M | 0 | Lagrange |
| 17.1 | 1976-03-12 | 2 | 41°38'N / 85°38'W | 41°44'N / 85°30'W | 9.30 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 9 | 250K | 0 | Lagrange |
| 19.7 | 1956-04-03 | 2 | 41°38'N / 85°29'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Lagrange | |||
| 21.0 | 1965-04-11 | 4 | 41°44'N / 85°10'W | 41°45'N / 85°05'W | 3.80 Miles | 333 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Steuben |
| 23.1 | 1980-07-05 | 2 | 41°43'N / 85°49'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Elkhart | |||
| 23.3 | 1965-04-11 | 4 | 41°37'N / 85°42'W | 41°38'N / 85°40'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Elkhart | ||
| 23.5 | 1975-05-21 | 2 | 41°55'N / 85°00'W | 0.80 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Branch | |
| 24.8 | 1983-06-30 | 2 | 41°59'N / 84°59'W | 1.00 Mile | 40 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Branch | |
| 24.8 | 1955-05-28 | 2 | 42°07'N / 85°38'W | 42°25'N / 85°03'W | 36.20 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Kalamazoo |
| 25.3 | 1986-05-15 | 3 | 41°56'N / 84°58'W | 1.20 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Branch | |
| 26.6 | 1965-04-11 | 4 | 41°45'N / 85°05'W | 41°53'N / 84°50'W | 15.50 Miles | 1333 Yards | 9 | 200 | 250.0M | 0 | Branch |
| 26.8 | 1986-09-29 | 2 | 42°12'N / 85°51'W | 42°12'N / 85°47'W | 3.80 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Van Buren |
| 26.9 | 1980-05-13 | 3 | 42°18'N / 85°43'W | 42°17'N / 85°30'W | 10.60 Miles | 450 Yards | 5 | 79 | 25.0M | 0 | Kalamazoo |
| 27.1 | 1961-05-06 | 3 | 41°32'N / 85°25'W | 41°33'N / 85°12'W | 11.00 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 5 | 2.5M | 0 | Lagrange |
| 27.2 | 1965-04-11 | 4 | 41°37'N / 86°04'W | 41°43'N / 85°40'W | 21.60 Miles | 333 Yards | 31 | 252 | 0K | 0 | Elkhart |
| 27.6 | 1977-04-02 | 4 | 42°17'N / 85°33'W | 42°21'N / 85°19'W | 12.40 Miles | 183 Yards | 0 | 10 | 2.5M | 0 | Kalamazoo |
| 27.8 | 1986-06-19 | 2 | 41°55'N / 86°00'W | 1.30 Miles | 700 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Cass | |
| 27.9 | 1962-04-30 | 3 | 41°42'N / 86°04'W | 41°46'N / 85°49'W | 13.40 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Elkhart |
| 28.0 | 1969-09-06 | 2 | 41°42'N / 85°00'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Steuben | |||
| 28.0 | 1974-04-03 | 3 | 41°34'N / 85°13'W | 41°44'N / 84°53'W | 20.50 Miles | 333 Yards | 2 | 15 | 0K | 0 | Steuben |
| 28.1 | 1974-04-03 | 3 | 41°31'N / 85°17'W | 41°34'N / 85°13'W | 4.30 Miles | 1000 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Lagrange |
| 28.4 | 1965-04-11 | 4 | 41°48'N / 85°00'W | 41°52'N / 84°50'W | 9.20 Miles | 33 Yards | 9 | 200 | 0K | 0 | Branch |
| 28.5 | 1974-04-03 | 4 | 41°26'N / 85°38'W | 41°35'N / 85°26'W | 14.40 Miles | 33 Yards | 1 | 24 | 0K | 0 | Noble |
| 30.9 | 2010-06-05 | 2 | 41°57'N / 86°05'W | 41°57'N / 86°02'W | 3.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 100K | 0K | Cass |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: After leaving behind a swath of microburst winds, the storm intensified with a tornado touching down about a half mile southwest of Southwestern Michigan College, near Dowagiac. The circulation initially impacted the Pokagan subdivision with numerous homes suffering varying degrees of damage (DI: FR12 DOD: 4). The circulation continued east-southeast through mainly open and wooded areas, severely damaging numerous trees. The most extensive tree damage occurred near Michigan 62, west of Twin Lake Road where a 600 yard wide area of trees suffered extensive damage. The circulation was likely embedded within a much larger area of rear flank downdraft winds. The circulation then turned more southeast and hit a cemetery on Michigan 62, south of Cass Street. The circulation quickly dissipated after this point. Maximum winds are estimated at around 115 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A warm front worked north towards lower Michigan during the evening hours of the 5th. Storms were initially slow to organize, but quickly intensified and became super cellular as they moved off Lake Michigan. A combination of tornadoes and micro bursts were found in surveys across Berrien, Cass and St. Joseph counties. | |||||||||||
| 31.0 | 1965-04-11 | 3 | 42°22'N / 85°36'W | 42°22'N / 85°19'W | 14.20 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 17 | 250K | 0 | Kalamazoo |
| 31.0 | 2001-05-21 | 2 | 42°22'N / 85°27'W | 42°22'N / 85°27'W | 1.00 Mile | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 500K | 100K | Kalamazoo |
| Brief Description: A F2 tornado produced maximum estimated wind speeds of 120 to 130 m.p.h. and caused extensive damage 4 miles west of Richland, in Kalamazoo county. The initial damage occurred approximately one third of a mile south of the intersection of C Avenue and 24th street, extending north for about a mile. Extensive tree damage occurred along the tornado's path, and there was structural damage to several homes. One home along the tornado's path was completely destroyed, while several others sustained significant roof and shingle damage. The home that was destroyed lost it's roof, which was carried roughly 75 yards north of the home, and it also lost most of it's interior and exterior walls. The tornado's path length was one mile long with a width of 150 yards. | |||||||||||
| 31.2 | 1965-04-11 | 4 | 41°31'N / 86°04'W | 41°42'N / 85°44'W | 21.20 Miles | 33 Yards | 31 | 252 | 0K | 0 | Elkhart |
| 31.4 | 1974-04-03 | 3 | 41°25'N / 85°28'W | 41°31'N / 85°17'W | 11.40 Miles | 150 Yards | 3 | 38 | 25.0M | 0 | Noble |
| 32.2 | 1958-06-24 | 2 | 41°45'N / 86°07'W | 41°45'N / 85°58'W | 7.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | St. Joseph |
| 32.2 | 2009-06-19 | 2 | 42°23'N / 85°30'W | 42°23'N / 85°28'W | 1.00 Mile | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0K | Kalamazoo |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Several trees and large branches were knocked down across North 28th Street near the tornado touchdown. The most extensive damage was located approximately two-miles northwest of Richland south of E C Avenue. The roof was torn off a ranch-style house and completely destroyed with pieces of truss carried one-half mile. Insulation was found over one-mile away from the tornado damaged home. The back deck of the home was destroyed with a large piece of the deck thrown approximately 100 yards. All trees were snapped or uprooted around the house with two uprooted trees carried 30-40 feet. Nearly 1.8 miles northwest of Richland, about 50% of trees were snapped or uprooted with numerous branches down along the tree line. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Thunderstorms developed and moved across Lake Michigan during the evening hours on June 19th. Several hours of intense rainfall occurred starting around 7:00 PM EST. The ground was already saturated from early morning thunderstorms that produced very heavy rainfall. In addition to the heavy rain, severe thunderstorms and tornadoes accompanied the thunderstorms. | |||||||||||
| 32.7 | 1976-03-04 | 2 | 42°05'N / 86°13'W | 42°15'N / 85°47'W | 24.80 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Van Buren |
| 34.0 | 2001-10-24 | 2 | 41°28'N / 85°12'W | 41°32'N / 85°01'W | 7.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 1.0M | 0 | De Kalb |
| Brief Description: On Wednesday 10/24/01 a surface low pressure system tracked rapidly northeast from the mid Mississippi Valley to northern Lake Michigan and deepened significantly. The accompanying cold front surged east from the Mississippi Valley during the afternoon to southeast Michigan and western Ohio in the evening. The deepening surface low was the result of a negatively tilted upper level trough approaching the Mississippi Valley. The air mass ahead of the cold front was quite unstable with lifted indices around -5C and surface dewpoints of 65-70F. Strong veering wind fields were over the area with 20-30kt S-SSE flow at the surface veering rapidly in the low levels to southwest at 45kts, then remaining unidirectional above with wind speeds increasing to 65kt at 20,000 ft. An area of Thunderstorms across Illinois in the early afternoon formed into a line as they moved into northwest Indiana. Two strong bow echoes developed over northwest and north central Indiana during the late afternoon and moved northeast at 50 MPH into southern Michigan. Numerous tornadoes occurred in the comma heads of the bow echoes. Isolated supercells ahead of the main squall line produced little severe weather except for a tornado that occurred over northwest Ohio in the evening when the squall line merged with a supercell. | |||||||||||
| 34.1 | 1998-08-25 | 2 | 41°51'N / 86°14'W | 41°47'N / 85°59'W | 9.00 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 0 | 500K | 0 | Cass |
| Brief Description: ONE MOBILE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED ON SOUTH SIDE OF JUNO LAKE AND SEVERAL OTHER HOMES AROUND JUNO, PAINTER, EAGLE AND CHRISTAN LAKE SUFFERED MINOR TO MODERATE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. AN RV WAS TOSSED ABOUT AND ROTATED 180 DEGREES WHICH CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE COMPLETELY FLATTENED WHICH ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO HOMES. MANY ROADS WERE BLOCKED BY FALLEN TREES...SNAPPED POWER POLES AND DOWNED POWER LINES. THIS TORNADO BEGAN IN NILES AND PEAKED IN INTENSITY AND WIDTH 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDWARDSBURG WHERE IT WIDENED OUT TO ONE HALF MILE. IT CONTINUED ON TOWARD THE TOWN OF BRISTOL IN NORTHEAST ELKHART COUNTY BEFORE LIFTING. | |||||||||||
| 34.5 | 1991-03-27 | 3 | 41°32'N / 85°04'W | 41°39'N / 84°50'W | 14.60 Miles | 200 Yards | 1 | 6 | 25.0M | 0 | Steuben |
| 34.6 | 1992-07-14 | 2 | 41°27'N / 85°17'W | 41°27'N / 85°09'W | 4.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 28 | 25.0M | 0 | Noble |
| 34.7 | 1961-05-06 | 3 | 41°33'N / 85°12'W | 41°33'N / 84°48'W | 20.50 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Steuben |
| 35.1 | 1967-10-24 | 2 | 41°26'N / 85°40'W | 0 | 5 | 250K | 0 | Kosciusko | |||
| 35.3 | 1974-04-03 | 4 | 41°25'N / 85°39'W | 41°26'N / 85°38'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Elkhart | ||
| 35.8 | 1965-04-11 | 3 | 41°35'N / 86°04'W | 41°38'N / 85°58'W | 5.60 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Elkhart |
| 35.8 | 1992-07-13 | 2 | 42°02'N / 86°10'W | 42°04'N / 86°06'W | 4.00 Miles | 80 Yards | 0 | 25 | 250K | 0 | Cass |
| 35.9 | 2001-10-24 | 2 | 41°39'N / 86°08'W | 41°42'N / 86°01'W | 4.50 Miles | 1320 Yards | 0 | 0 | 1.3M | 0 | St. Joseph |
| 36.0 | 1992-07-14 | 2 | 41°27'N / 85°09'W | 41°27'N / 85°09'W | 4.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25.0M | 0 | De Kalb |
| 36.9 | 1967-10-24 | 2 | 41°35'N / 86°01'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Elkhart | |||
| 37.0 | 1980-05-13 | 3 | 42°13'N / 86°13'W | 42°18'N / 85°49'W | 21.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 15 | 2.5M | 0 | Van Buren |
| 37.7 | 1986-07-15 | 2 | 42°24'N / 85°11'W | 42°15'N / 84°45'W | 22.50 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Calhoun |
| 38.5 | 1988-10-16 | 2 | 41°28'N / 86°00'W | 41°33'N / 85°56'W | 6.00 Miles | 40 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Elkhart |
| 38.9 | 1979-06-07 | 2 | 42°05'N / 86°11'W | 2.00 Miles | 60 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Van Buren | |
| 39.0 | 1991-03-27 | 3 | 41°39'N / 84°50'W | 41°42'N / 84°43'W | 6.40 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 18 | 25.0M | 0 | Williams |
| 39.4 | 1986-07-15 | 2 | 42°33'N / 85°31'W | 42°25'N / 85°11'W | 20.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Barry |
| 39.9 | 2007-10-18 | 3 | 41°26'N / 86°00'W | 41°30'N / 85°53'W | 7.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 11.0M | 0K | Elkhart |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado continued northeast out of Kosciusko County into the southeast side of Nappanee where the most extensive damage occurred. The width of the tornado decreased to one quarter mile and intensified just south of US-6 and County Road 7 as wind speeds increased to around 165 mph, in the upper range of the EF3 rating. The tornado went through an area populated by homes, restaurants, convenience stores and 3 RV plants, all of which sustained varying degrees of damage. Local officials reported that 459 buildings were damaged. Of these, 352 were homes with 52 of those being destroyed or uninhabitable. 81 businesses were damaged and 26 destroyed. A few minor injuries were also reported, mainly from people trapped in some of the houses and a few businesses. The tornado continued into the Blackstone subdivision where numerous homes were damaged or destroyed. The tornado continued to west of New Paris near the intersection of County Roads 46 and 17 where it lifted. Numerous vehicles of all varieties sustained severe damage. Damage is estimated around $11 million. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A combination of strong dynamics, wind shear, and rapid low level moisture return all combined to produce severe weather across much of Northern Indiana. One of several supercell thunderstorms produced a long tracked tornado which reached the high end of EF3. | |||||||||||
| 39.9 | 1969-08-15 | 2 | 41°38'N / 84°47'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Steuben | |||
| 40.8 | 1964-04-28 | 2 | 41°27'N / 85°59'W | 41°30'N / 85°59'W | 3.40 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Elkhart |
| 41.0 | 1956-04-03 | 3 | 42°16'N / 86°08'W | 42°23'N / 85°57'W | 12.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 9 | 2.5M | 0 | Van Buren |
| 41.1 | 1965-04-11 | 4 | 41°35'N / 86°12'W | 41°37'N / 86°04'W | 6.90 Miles | 333 Yards | 0 | 27 | 0K | 0 | St. Joseph |
| 41.2 | 1956-05-09 | 2 | 42°12'N / 86°10'W | 1.00 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Van Buren | |
| 41.5 | 1966-06-09 | 2 | 42°31'N / 85°23'W | 2.00 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Barry | |
| 41.9 | 1956-04-03 | 3 | 42°23'N / 85°57'W | 42°26'N / 85°56'W | 2.30 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Van Buren |
| 42.0 | 1960-06-16 | 2 | 41°50'N / 86°16'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Berrien | |||
| 42.0 | 1961-07-23 | 3 | 41°20'N / 85°41'W | 0 | 3 | 25K | 0 | Kosciusko | |||
| 42.1 | 1990-06-02 | 2 | 41°17'N / 85°31'W | 41°20'N / 85°28'W | 3.50 Miles | 220 Yards | 0 | 9 | 250K | 0 | Noble |
| 42.1 | 1956-06-26 | 2 | 41°49'N / 86°16'W | 0.10 Mile | 17 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Berrien | |
| 42.6 | 1964-04-28 | 2 | 41°26'N / 85°59'W | 41°27'N / 85°59'W | 1.10 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Kosciusko |
| 43.0 | 1991-03-27 | 3 | 42°23'N / 84°54'W | 2.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 18 | 250K | 0 | Calhoun | |
| 43.1 | 1961-05-06 | 3 | 41°33'N / 84°48'W | 41°34'N / 84°45'W | 1.90 Miles | 813 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Williams |
| 43.6 | 1989-05-30 | 2 | 42°23'N / 86°02'W | 1.00 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Van Buren | |
| 44.1 | 1965-04-11 | 4 | 41°53'N / 84°50'W | 41°57'N / 84°22'W | 24.20 Miles | 1760 Yards | 3 | 47 | 25.0M | 0 | Hillsdale |
| 44.1 | 1965-04-11 | 4 | 41°52'N / 84°50'W | 41°57'N / 84°22'W | 24.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 3 | 47 | 0K | 0 | Hillsdale |
| 44.2 | 1974-06-20 | 2 | 42°03'N / 86°18'W | 0.80 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Berrien | |
| 44.3 | 1980-06-28 | 2 | 41°40'N / 86°15'W | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | St. Joseph | |||
| 44.5 | 1954-06-12 | 2 | 41°34'N / 86°11'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | St. Joseph | |||
| 44.7 | 1956-04-03 | 3 | 42°26'N / 85°56'W | 42°32'N / 85°50'W | 8.30 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 3 | 2.5M | 0 | Allegan |
| 45.3 | 2009-06-19 | 2 | 42°28'N / 86°00'W | 42°28'N / 85°53'W | 6.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0K | Allegan |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Damage to both trees and structures were found along the tornado path. A Circa 1940 pole barn was destroyed and numerous trees were snapped or uprooted just over a half a mile west of Chicora north of 108th Avenue. Further down the tornado's path, garage doors were blown out and carried 300 yards while two boats were blown out of the garage. The house suffered 80% shingle loss with one 2-foot diameter hole in the roof on the home's west side. This was approximately 0.35 miles north of Chicora. The most extensive damage occurred approximately one mile northeast of Chicora along 42nd Street. A roof was partially torn off of a house. A barn was blown about 20-feet off of its foundation. There were several telephone poles snapped with wires wrapped around a tree. A roof was ripped off a small unoccupied house with one wall collapsed. Debris was lofted up to one-half mile across a field. More shingle loss was found on the west side of a home located two-miles northeast of Chicora. Nearly 80% shingle loss was witnessed. Several utility poles were snapped with widespread tree damage through the area. More damage to a home was observed about a quarter-mile west of Schermerhorn Lake. The damage happened when numerous falling trees crushed it. One-quarter mile of 39th street was blocked by fallen trees. The trees were piled up to 15-feet deep on the road. As the tornado was weakening, a 30-foot metal tower was bent over half way up. This was located near the intersection of 37th Street and 109th Avenue. Minor roof damage was also noted to a home in this area. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Thunderstorms developed and moved across Lake Michigan during the evening hours on June 19th. Several hours of intense rainfall occurred starting around 7:00 PM EST. The ground was already saturated from early morning thunderstorms that produced very heavy rainfall. In addition to the heavy rain, severe thunderstorms and tornadoes accompanied the thunderstorms. | |||||||||||
| 45.3 | 1954-05-31 | 2 | 42°32'N / 85°46'W | 0.30 Mile | 110 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Allegan | |
| 45.5 | 2007-10-18 | 2 | 41°23'N / 86°02'W | 41°26'N / 86°00'W | 5.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3.0M | 0K | Kosciusko |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado continued tracking northeast from Marshall county into extreme northwestern Kosciusko county. 116 structures were reported to have some sort of damage. 17 homes were destroyed, 6 suffered major damage and 17 minor damage. A horse was killed in a barn that was destroyed. Damage estimated around 3 million dollars. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A combination of strong dynamics, wind shear, and rapid low level moisture return all combined to produce severe weather across much of Northern Indiana. One of several supercell thunderstorms produced a long tracked tornado which reached the high end of EF3. | |||||||||||
| 45.5 | 1965-04-11 | 3 | 41°29'N / 86°17'W | 41°35'N / 86°04'W | 12.90 Miles | 250 Yards | 3 | 27 | 25.0M | 0 | St. Joseph |
| 45.7 | 1954-05-31 | 2 | 42°18'N / 86°12'W | 42°24'N / 86°04'W | 9.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Van Buren |
| 45.8 | 1962-04-30 | 3 | 41°40'N / 86°31'W | 41°42'N / 86°04'W | 23.10 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 49 | 250K | 0 | St. Joseph |
| 45.9 | 1981-06-20 | 2 | 41°57'N / 86°21'W | 1.50 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Berrien | |
| 46.1 | 1986-08-26 | 2 | 42°35'N / 85°24'W | 0.60 Mile | 13 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Barry | |
| 46.3 | 1979-04-12 | 2 | 41°51'N / 86°23'W | 41°54'N / 86°20'W | 3.30 Miles | 60 Yards | 0 | 6 | 250K | 0 | Berrien |
| 46.7 | 1964-08-22 | 2 | 41°42'N / 84°36'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Williams | |||
| 46.7 | 1974-04-03 | 4 | 41°12'N / 86°03'W | 41°25'N / 85°39'W | 25.40 Miles | 33 Yards | 1 | 39 | 0K | 0 | Kosciusko |
| 46.8 | 1977-07-18 | 2 | 41°59'N / 84°36'W | 41°58'N / 84°30'W | 4.70 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Hillsdale |
| 46.9 | 2000-06-14 | 2 | 41°17'N / 85°09'W | 41°17'N / 85°07'W | 3.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 200K | 0 | De Kalb |
| Brief Description: The tornado touched down on CR 64, one half mile west of Indian Springs Camp Ground. Trees and power lines were knocked down and many were snapped and uprooted. Extensive roof damage occurred to houses in the area. A barn was damaged with much of its roof torn off and outbuildings were either damaged or destroyed. The tornado then lifted back into its parent cloud. Synoptic and mesoscale conditions for June 14th... A significant mid-level shortwave trough was located over Iowa on the morning of June 14th with an outflow dominated squall line across western Illinois. Rapid destabilization ensued later in the morning across eastern Illinois and northern Indiana with CAPES to 3500 j/kg by early afternoon. VAD wind profiles showed 850 millibar winds in excess of 50 knots in advance of the upper trough by afternoon and as storms developed along the left over outflow boundary across Illinois... they quickly became severe and organized into a large bow echo and moved quickly eastward into northern Indiana causing extensive wind damage. By late afternoon... a short segmented squall line developed just ahead of this bow echo squall line and extended from a St. Joseph to Fulton county line. Along the southern end of this line... an embedded tornadic supercell developed and interacted with a left over storm-scale outflow boundary to produce the Wabash/Kosciusko and DeKalb county tornadoes. The lack of significant low level shear likely prevented a much larger and more widespread tornado event especially across Whitley and Allen counties where several funnel clouds were captured on film but failed to touch down. | |||||||||||
| 47.7 | 1991-03-27 | 3 | 41°43'N / 84°36'W | 41°47'N / 84°31'W | 5.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25.0M | 0 | Hillsdale |
| 48.0 | 1976-03-12 | 2 | 42°03'N / 84°35'W | 42°04'N / 84°30'W | 3.60 Miles | 133 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Hillsdale |
| 49.4 | 1977-04-02 | 4 | 42°26'N / 85°01'W | 42°32'N / 84°43'W | 16.60 Miles | 613 Yards | 1 | 44 | 2.5M | 0 | Eaton |
| 49.5 | 2001-10-24 | 3 | 41°37'N / 86°26'W | 41°45'N / 86°18'W | 15.00 Miles | 1320 Yards | 1 | 2 | 3.0M | 0 | St. Joseph |
| Brief Description: This tornado touched down just southwest of Crumstown in St Joseph county Indiana and moved northeast into Berrien county Michigan (see Storm Data for Michigan, Extreme Southwest for more information on the end portion of this tornado). In St Joseph county Indiana the most significant damage was across Crumstown, where F3 damage with a path width up to 3/4 mile occurred. The tornado then moved to near the Michiana Regional Airport and across the Indiana Turnpike causing F0-F1 damage. Two men were injured northwest of South Bend. One man later died from his injuries. The tornado moved into Berrien county Michigan 6 miles NNW of South Bend. | |||||||||||
| 49.8 | 1957-06-14 | 2 | 41°13'N / 85°41'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Kosciusko | |||
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.