Thunderstorm Wind — Branch, Michigan

2021-06-20 · near Girard, Branch, Michigan

Event narrative

Power poles broken. Three inch tree limbs broken.

Wider weather episode

This was a multi-round severe weather event. The first round started around 6pm with discrete cells and a few clusters moving from Knox, IN to Hillsdale, MI until around 9pm. The second round featured additional isolated development along a boundary draped across the northern CWA 9P-1A. The third round associated with the primary cold front swept across the CWA 1AM-5AM.

After further assessment, there appears to be lack of damage for any conclusive tornado event in Coldwater, MI. Most of the severe weather across southern Michigan was in the form of damaging winds, but there was also some large hail on the evening of the 20th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 967418. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.