Strong Wind — Lake, Michigan

2012-05-03 · Lake, Michigan

Event narrative

Three trees were blown down between Irons and Baldwin.

Wider weather episode

An upper low moving over a warm front that stretched across northern Lower Michigan set the stage for heavy rainfall on May 3rd. Training thunderstorms (storms that move over the same location) produced 5 to 7 inches of rainfall across portions of Mason and Lake counties. The heavy rainfall resulted in roads that were either flooded or washed out. As the day progressed, strong to severe storms developed in the warm humid airmass. Golf ball size hail was reported in Mason and a 10 x 20 foot section of roof was blown off of a commercial building a few miles south of Lansing.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 377739. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.