Thunderstorm Wind — Oceana, Michigan

2024-08-27 · near Walkerville, Oceana, Michigan

Event narrative

Several trees were blown down near Ruby creek.

Wider weather episode

There were numerous reports of damaging wind gusts as well as a few reports of large hail on August 27th. At one point over three hundred thousand people were left without power across southern lower Michigan. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. There was also one injury when a tree fell onto a house in St. John's.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1212828. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.