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Thunderstorm Wind in Gladwin County, Michigan

Thunderstorm Wind May 20, 2024 · Gladwin County, Michigan

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$11K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Adams Road closed north of M-18 due to downed power lines from the thunderstorm winds. Time estimated by radar.

The wider storm

Southwesterly flow ahead of an upper level disturbance allowed for development of a north-south line of thunderstorms that crossed the central and southern portions of lower Michigan during the evening hours of May 20th...resulting in gusty winds across parts of northeast Lower Michigan closer to Saginaw Bay.

Began near Skeels (44.1000, -84.5900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1179150. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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