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Thunderstorm Wind November 17, 2013 · Gratiot County, Michigan

67 mph
Measured gust (58 kt)
$10K
Damage as recorded

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A trained spotter measured a 67 mph wind gust 2 miles north of Alma. A few trees were also blown down.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours of November 17th in advance of a strong cold front. The storms blew down and uprooted numerous trees across lower Michigan, caused numerous power outages, significant straight line wind damage and even several brief weak EF-0 tornadoes.

Began near Forest Hill (43.4100, -84.6600).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 478651. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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