Thunderstorm Wind — Gratiot, Michigan

2014-04-12 · near Alma, Gratiot, Michigan

Event narrative

Power lines were blown down and there was damage to a garage roof in Riverdale.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts developed near a warm front during the mid afternoon hours of April 12th and continued through the late afternoon and evening hours. There were numerous reports of straight line wind damage with wind gusts of up to 75 to 85 mph. Hail as large as the size of quarters was also reported.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 508981. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.