Thunderstorm Wind — Schoolcraft, Michigan

2006-07-28 · near Manistique, Schoolcraft, Michigan

Event narrative

A few large trees blown down along Highway M-94 just north of the Indian River Bridge.

Wider weather episode

An approaching cold front interacting with an extremely unstable airmass triggered a widespread outbreak of severe weather across west and central Upper Michigan from late afternoon on the 28th to just after sunrise on the 29th. Of the 13 counties in west and central Upper Michigan, only Alger and Keweenaw counties escaped without severe weather, as there were at least 40 individual reports of damaging wind or large hail during the event. The storms also produced torrential downpours and minor flooding over Gogebic County during the early morning hours of the 29th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5519722. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.