Hail — Manistee, Michigan

2022-09-21 · near Bear Lake, Manistee, Michigan

Event narrative

Bear Lake area. Report relayed by local broadcast media.

Wider weather episode

A strong shortwave punching into the Great Lakes provided support aloft for multiple clusters of thunderstorms to initiate in the presence of ample elevated instability on the morning of 9/21. These storms would go on to produce several severe hail reports across the southern portion of the CWA, including golf ball size hail in Gladwin county.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1053939. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.