Osceola County, Michigan tornado history

15 tornadoes recorded in or across Osceola County from 1959 to 2008, 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 Osceola County

The Storm Prediction Center records 15 tornadoes whose paths touched Osceola County, Michigan between 1959 and 2008. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 23 April 1968. The most recent was on 8 June 2008.

  • 15tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 12injuries
  • 265per 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 Osceola County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0533%
F1 / EF1640%
F2 / EF2320%
F3 / EF317%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Osceola County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1990s.1950s11960s31970s11980s11990s62000s3

The 2000s only run to 2008, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s3
1970s1
1980s1
1990s6
2000s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar3Apr1May0Jun3Jul4Aug2Sep0Oct2Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr1
May0
Jun3
Jul4
Aug2
Sep0
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Osceola County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Michigan tornado23 April 1968, F3, 11 injuries, 60.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Michigan tornado8 June 2008, EF1, 5.3 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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