Waterspout — Wilmette Harbor To Michigan City in 5nm Offshore To Mid Lake, Lake Michigan

2024-09-07 · near Burns Harbor, Wilmette Harbor To Michigan City in 5nm Offshore To Mid Lake, Lake Michigan

Event narrative

A photo showed a waterspout several miles offshore, northeast of Burns Harbor.

Wider weather episode

Showers produced three waterspouts over southern Lake Michigan during the morning of September 7th. One of the waterspouts came onshore as a brief landspout tornado northeast of Beverly Shores in northwest Indiana.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1211202. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.