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Marine High Wind · Lake Michigan

Marine High Wind October 6, 2009 – October 7, 2009 · Whitehall To Pentwater Mi, Lake Michigan

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Peak wind gusts to around 60 mph were estimated at Little Sable Point, based on a measured peak wind gust to 61 mph at the Muskegon GLERL coastal observation site and a report of power lines down in Ludington.

The wider storm

An intensifying fall low pressure system brought high wind gusts across Lake Michigan and along the Lake Michigan shoreline. Measured wind gusts of up to 62 mph were recorded at the South Haven coastal GLERL observation station, and up to 61 mph at the Muskegon coastal GLERL observation station.

Began near Little Sable Point (43.6200, -86.4800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 197237. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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