Tornado History Map

Roscommon County, Michigan tornado history

9 tornadoes recorded in or across Roscommon County from 1968 to 2021, 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 Roscommon County

The Storm Prediction Center records 9 tornadoes whose paths touched Roscommon County, Michigan between 1968 and 2021. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 10 June 1974. The most recent was on 9 June 2021.

  • 9tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 173per 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 Roscommon County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0444%
F1 / EF1333%
F2 / EF2222%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Roscommon County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in 1970s.1960s11970s31980s11990s32020s1

The 2020s only run to 2021, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1970s3
1980s1
1990s3
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May1Jun6Jul0Aug1Sep0Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun6
Jul0
Aug1
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Roscommon County

  • Strongest: Michigan tornado10 June 1974, F2, 0.3 miles long
  • Longest path: Michigan tornado5 August 1968, F1, 5.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Michigan tornado9 June 2021, EF0, 1.1 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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