Thunderstorm Wind — Benzie, Michigan

2021-06-09 · near Thompsonville Arpt, Benzie, Michigan

Event narrative

Local print and broadcast media report downed trees and damage to artwork at Michigan Legacy Art Park due to thunderstorms. Time approximated from radar data.

Wider weather episode

A cluster of storms moved east to west across northern Michigan in the afternoon, producing penny-sized hail and damaging wind gusts, and a brief EF-0 tornado that touched down in Roscommon county. Numerous trees and limbs were snapped off from the tornado with no injuries/fatalities.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 970387. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.