Thunderstorm Wind — Bay, Michigan

2022-07-20 · near Bay City, Bay, Michigan

Event narrative

Central dispatch reported 20 to 30 trees blown down across Bay City.

Wider weather episode

A cold front tracking through southeast Michigan during the afternoon hours of July 20, 2022 led to widespread thunderstorm development and severe weather reports across the area. The main threat with these storms was damaging winds, as the line of storms moved through between 1-4 PM. Several reports of trees and powerlines down as well as a 66 mph wind gust at Detroit Metro Airport were recorded. A second round of storms developed between 4-6 PM as the cold front cleared the area, primarily impacting the extreme eastern portions of the CWA near the Lake Huron shoreline.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1041289. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.