Thunderstorm Wind — Houghton, Michigan

2020-07-18 · near Alston, Houghton, Michigan

Event narrative

Social media photos revealed extensive tree damage on a property in Alston, including a few large healthy trees completely uprooted. The time of the delayed report was estimated from radar.

Wider weather episode

A cold front moving through a moist, unstable and strongly sheared environment produced severe thunderstorms over portions of west and central Upper Michigan from late evening on the 18th into the early morning of the 19th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 902280. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.