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Thunderstorm Wind in Charlevoix County, Michigan

Thunderstorm Wind May 20, 2013 · Charlevoix County, Michigan

69 mph

Estimated gust (60 kt)

$15K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trees and power lines downed. Forty trees uprooted at Walloon Lake Country Club.

The wider storm

An upper level disturbance interacted with an unstable airmass in place across Lower Michigan, producing multiple short line segments of strong to severe thunderstorms. These storms produced both large hail and damaging wind gusts during the afternoon hours.

Began near Walloon Lake (45.2700, -84.9200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 456321. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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