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Thunderstorm Wind in Chippewa County, Michigan

Thunderstorm Wind August 11, 2021 · Chippewa County, Michigan

58 mph
Estimated gust (50 kt)
$4K
Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Social media reports with pictures showing house siding and horse shelter roof blown off.

The wider storm

A seasonably strong shortwave rotated over the Great Lakes to produce a second round of severe thunderstorms across all of northern Michigan during the afternoon and evening of 8/11. The strongest storms tracked over and east of Kinross, MI and over the M-32 corridor from the Gaylord area into Alpena.

Began near Pickford (46.1600, -84.3600).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 983589. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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