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Storm reports for August 24, 2023

NOAA recorded 15 hail reports, 211 wind reports and 24 tornado reports in 17 states on August 24, 2023.

in 17 states
250
Storm reports
Near 42.73, -101.70, NE
1.5 in
Largest hail
About 23 miles from Lansing, MI
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 13 miles from Lansing, MI
24
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • Wind report
  • Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on August 24, 2023 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

What happened

On the evening of August 24, 2023, storms in Lower Michigan brought tornadoes and many areas of 60 to 75 mph gusts.1 At 7:15 p.m. EST, an EF1 tornado with winds near 110 mph tracked almost 9 miles in Kent County toward Rockford, damaging buildings and homes. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $10 million in damage.2 At 8:29 p.m. EST, an EF2 tornado moved along I-96 near Williamston in Ingham County, blowing over semi trucks and damaging roofs, siding and windows on a few homes. Two people in vehicles on I-96 died and three were hurt, and the database lists $75 million in damage.1 Around Lansing, a tree falling onto a house killed a woman.3 In Macomb County, about 450 homes were affected and 43 homes and businesses had major damage, and an EF1 tornado in Frenchtown Township, Monroe County, tore roofs off manufactured homes and flipped one over.4,5

After 11 p.m. EST, tornadoes reached northeast Ohio. An EF2 with 120 mph winds caved in walls of two industrial buildings in Bedford Heights, and an EF1 in Mentor downed trees that damaged roofs and siding on homes.6,7 Around 1:30 a.m. EST on August 25, an EF2 tornado near Mill Run in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, snapped or uprooted hundreds of trees at a campground, many onto RVs and cabins, rolled a mobile home and injured six people.8

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1125089, tornado, Ingham County, Michigan
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1125048, tornado, Kent County, Michigan
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1125057, thunderstorm wind, Ingham County, Michigan
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1131351, thunderstorm wind, Macomb County, Michigan
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1113335, tornado, Monroe County, Michigan
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1160615, tornado, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1160584, tornado, Lake County, Ohio
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1134006, tornado, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Reports by hour

Hail15, most at 6 PM

Wind211, most at 12 AM

Tornado24, most at 11 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:38 PMNot ratedNear 47.96, -100.82, ND0.8 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:54 PMNot ratedNear 47.93, -100.97, ND0.55 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:55 PMEF0About 2 miles from Naples, FL0.76 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:15 PMEF1About 8 miles from Grand Rapids, MI8.7 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:29 PMEF2About 13 miles from Lansing, MI12.02 mi long, 500 yd wide
9:19 PMEF0About 12 miles from Ann Arbor, MI1.7 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:23 PMEF1About 13 miles from Ann Arbor, MI3.01 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:38 PMEF1About 26 miles from Toledo, OH4.88 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:39 PMEF1About 24 miles from Detroit, MI5.42 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:43 PMEF1About 21 miles from Detroit, MI1.43 mi long, 300 yd wide
10:08 PMEF1About 18 miles from Toledo, OH4.49 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:46 PMEF1About 40 miles from Cleveland, OH0.28 mi long, 100 yd wide
Show all 24 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
10:59 PMEF1About 3 miles from Cleveland, OH0.79 mi long, 150 yd wide
11:00 PMEF0About 27 miles from Cleveland, OH0.25 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:05 PMEF0About 35 miles from Cleveland, OH1.08 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:06 PMEF1About 20 miles from Cleveland, OH3.27 mi long, 150 yd wide
11:07 PMEF2About 9 miles from Cleveland, OH1.52 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:11 PMEF1About 32 miles from Akron, OH1.53 mi long, 200 yd wide
11:16 PMEF1About 18 miles from Cleveland, OH1.81 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:18 PMEF1About 26 miles from Cleveland, OH1.18 mi long, 175 yd wide
11:22 PMEF2About 31 miles from Cleveland, OH0.69 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:35 PMEF0About 22 miles from Youngstown, OH1.94 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:28 AMEF1About 35 miles from Pittsburgh, PA6.21 mi long, 60 yd wide
1:34 AMEF2About 43 miles from Pittsburgh, PA1.96 mi long, 300 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Pennsylvania920902
Ohio4403212
Michigan421347
West Virginia150150
Wisconsin14770
North Dakota12192
North Carolina10190
South Carolina4040
South Dakota4310
Virginia3030
Georgia2020
Nebraska2200
Texas2020
Arkansas1010
Florida1001
Maryland1010
Tennessee1010

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Milwaukee, WI1.25 inNone0
Rapid City, SD1.0 in70 mph0
Akron, OHNone81 mph0
Ann Arbor, MINone70 mph2
Canton, OHNone75 mph0
Cleveland, OHNone75 mph2
Detroit, MINone70 mph0
Grand Rapids, MINone70 mph1
Houston, TXNone58 mph0
Lansing, MINone86 mph1
Naples, FLNoneNone1
Pasadena, TXNone58 mph0
Pittsburgh, PANone90 mph0
Toledo, OHNone58 mph0
Winston-Salem, NCNone58 mph0
Youngstown, OHNone81 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.