Genesee County Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 12, 2026
Genesee County, Michigan has recorded tornado activity: official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records list 1 tornado report among 43 severe weather events here in the last 12 months, alongside 23 hail reports with hail up to 0.88" and 19 high-wind reports with gusts up to 60 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Genesee County
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Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 1223 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Davison, moving southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts near 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and damage unsecured objects. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Lapeer around 1230 AM EDT. Metamora around 1245 AM EDT. Dryden around 1255 AM EDT. Almont around 100 AM EDT.”
- Hail 0.5" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 240 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Otisville, or 8 miles east of Clio, moving southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, July 18, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 229 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Byron, or 7 miles southeast of Durand, moving southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Linden around 235 PM EDT.”
- Hail 0.25" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 641 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lake Fenton, or near Fenton, moving southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.75" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, July 9, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 736 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Montrose, or near New Lothrop, moving southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Montrose around 740 PM EDT.”
- Hail 0.75" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, July 4, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 350 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Flushing, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Flushing and Swartz Creek around 355 PM EDT. Flint around 400 PM EDT.”
“At 423 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Grand Blanc, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, June 25, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 353 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Flushing, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 949 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lennon, or 7 miles south of New Lothrop, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near...”
“At 637 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms across portions of Midland, Bay, Saginaw, Tuscola, Shiawassee, and Genesee Counties. These storms are moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.”
- Hail 0.75" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 854 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Montrose to Byron. Movement was east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 435 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Byron, or near Durand, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports — 1 tornado report
“Spotter relayed video of a brief small tornado in a farm field near Lake and Marshall roads. (DTX)”
“Tree down across part of Mount Morris Rd near Irish Rd. (DTX)”
- Tornado Tornado 3 NE Montrose SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Rogersville SPC verified report
Monday, May 18, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Large tree limbs down on powerlines. (DTX)”
- Wind Unknown 1 SE Fenton SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Mount Morris SPC verified report
Saturday, May 16, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 640 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Cohoctah, or 9 miles southeast of Durand, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Penny size hail. Impact: Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Fenton and Linden around 645 AM EDT. Lake Fenton around 650 AM EDT. Holly around 655 AM EDT. Ortonville around 710 AM EDT.”
- Hail 0.75" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 118 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Gaines to near Williamston to near Mason. Movement was east at 50 mph. Hazard: Winds up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Strong thunderstorms will be near...”
- Hail 0.5" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, May 9, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 111 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Swartz Creek to Perry, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, April 27, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 704 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line extending from Lake Fenton to Whitmore Lake. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Warren, Ann Arbor, Flint, Livonia, Troy, Southfield, Taylor, St.”
“At 631 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line extending from near Zilwaukee to Frankenmuth to near Flint. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, April 24, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 343 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Corunna to Durand to near Byron. Movement was northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“Several limbs and trees down along with trees uprooted in western Genesee along Grand Blanc Rd to Seymour Rd. Tim estimated off radar. (DTX)”
- Wind Unknown 3 NE Gaines SPC verified report
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 554 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Goodrich to near Oak Grove. Movement was southeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 537 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Otisville to near Byron. Movement was southeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 55 mph Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, March 15, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...East wind 20 to 30 mph shifts south this afternoon while increasing to gusts of 45 to 50 mph. WHERE...Southeast Michigan along and south of the I-69 corridor, including metro Detroit to the Ohio border. WHEN...Until midnight tonight. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will be capable of damaging unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
“WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 45 to 50 mph in the afternoon. WHERE...Along and south of the I-69 corridor, including metro Detroit to the Ohio border. WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to midnight EDT tonight. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will be capable of damaging unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, March 13, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 60 mph
“WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. WHERE...All of Southeast Michigan WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight. IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”
“WEATHER... A burst of snow sweeps through SE Michigan during the morning producing a coating of accumulation mainly on unpaved surfaces. Wind gusts become more frequent in the 40 to 50 mph range. Snow diminishes after 9 AM, especially toward metro Detroit. IMPACTS... Snow and gusty wind produce limited visibility for motorists.”
- Wind 60 mph Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, March 12, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph possible. WHERE...All of southeast Michigan. WHEN...From late tonight through Friday evening. IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”
- Wind 55 mph Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, March 6, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 744 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Montrose, or near New Lothrop, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Nickel size hail. Impact: Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Frankenmuth, Vassar, Clio, Birch Run, Millington, Montrose, Tuscola, Burt, and Layton Corners.”
“At 158 PM EST, Doppler radar indicated a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line from near Coleman to 6 miles south of Ithaca to near East Lansing. Movement was northeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts from 30 to 40 mph and pea size hail. Brief heavy rainfall. Impact: Gusty winds could damage unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.88" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 559 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Burton to near Grand Blanc to Holly. Movement was east at 45 mph. Hazard: Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 521 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Morrice to 6 miles southeast of Perry to near Fowlerville. Movement was northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.”
- Hail 0.88" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, December 29, 2025
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 60 mph
“WHAT...Southwest to west winds 25 to 35 MPH with frequent gusts 45 to 55 MPH. A few gusts to 60 MPH are expected. WHERE...All of southeast Michigan. WHEN...Until 9 PM EST this evening. IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down tree limbs and power lines. Scattered power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”
- Wind 60 mph Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, December 28, 2025
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 60 mph
“WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with frequent gusts of 50 to 60 mph expected. WHERE...All of southeast Michigan. WHEN...Until 9 PM EST Monday. IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”
“WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with occasional gusts of 50 to 60 mph expected. WHERE...All of southeast Michigan. WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 PM EST Monday. IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”
- Wind 60 mph Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 60 mph Genesee County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Genesee County, MI?
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 43 severe weather events in Genesee County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Has there been hail in Genesee County recently?
Yes — 23 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.88" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
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