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Thunderstorm Wind in Schoolcraft County, Michigan

Thunderstorm Wind July 16, 2006 · Schoolcraft County, Michigan

63 mph

Estimated gust (55 kt)

$3K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Several trees down along Highway M-77 and adjoining side roads.

The wider storm

An upper disturbance interacting with a very warm airmass and frontal boundary over southern Lake Superior helped set the stage for severe thunderstorms across portions of northern Upper Michigan during the late evening of the 15th into the morning hours of the 16th. The hardest hit area was over the north half of Houghton County where numerous thunderstorms caused damaging winds, large hail and flash flooding from torrential downpours. Keweenaw, Alger, Luce and northern Schoolcraft counties also observed damaging winds and/or large hail from the storms.

Began near Seney (46.4667, -85.9500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5520239. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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