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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Elmira, MI

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Elmira, Michigan since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 30 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
30

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
2

2 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Elmira

By decade

  • 2020s1(1 EF3+)
  • 2010s6
  • 2000s2
  • 1990s6
  • 1980s3
  • 1970s4(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s3
  • 1950s5
Strongest tornadoes near Elmira, Michigan
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 20, 2022EF34 mi17.54 mi2 / 44
Jul 3, 1974F31 mi11.9 mi0 / 2
Jul 31, 1977F26 mi19.4 mi0 / 0
Apr 19, 1975F219 mi1.5 mi0 / 14
May 8, 1964F217 mi16.6 mi0 / 0
Sep 13, 1961F225 mi14.4 mi0 / 0
Sep 1, 2014EF114 mi4.02 mi0 / 0
Sep 1, 2014EF119 mi7.21 mi0 / 0
Sep 1, 2014EF118 mi9.14 mi0 / 0
Aug 1, 2002F111 mi1 mi0 / 0
May 31, 1998F120 mi7 mi0 / 0
Jul 9, 1993F110 mi11.8 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 30, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Elmira while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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