High Wind — Osceola, Michigan

2013-11-17 to 2013-11-18 · Osceola, Michigan

Event narrative

Numerous power outages occurred as a result of 60 to 70 mph winds in Osceola county.

Wider weather episode

A very strong low pressure system continued to intensify as it moved northeast across the Great Lakes region November 17th and 18th. The system brought a round of severe thunderstorms during the afternoon hours of Sunday the 17th, followed by very strong winds in the 60 to 80 mph range Sunday evening and Sunday night. Some of the strongest winds occurred between 8 pm and midnight on the 17th. South Haven had a peak wind gust of 77 mph and a 63 mph gust was recorded at Grand Rapids. This caused hundreds of thousands of power outages across lower Michigan as numerous trees, limbs and power lines were blown down. In some of the more rural areas, power was not restored for four to five days after the storm.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 478634. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.