Waterspout — Manistee To Point Betsie Mi, Lake Michigan

2024-11-30 · near Manistee, Manistee To Point Betsie Mi, Lake Michigan

Event narrative

Weather spotter reported seeing a waterspout around noon from Fifth Avenue Beach in Manistee, MI.

Wider weather episode

An unseasonably cold airmass overtop unseasonably warm lake waters resulted in favorable conditions for waterspout development. While some areas of interior northern Michigan were being pummeled with feet of lake effect snow, a weather spotter reported viewing several waterspouts over the course of a few hours at Fifth Avenue Beach in Manistee, MI.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1225293. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.