Thunderstorm Wind in Houghton County, Michigan

Thunderstorm Wind July 18, 2020 · Houghton County, Michigan

81 mph

Estimated gust (70 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

There were social media photos of power poles snapped near the intersection of Cadeau Road and Alston Road in Alston. Time of the delayed report was estimated from radar.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Alston (46.7798, -88.7518).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 902282. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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