Manistee storm history

A Texas man was was struck and killed by lightning while on the North Country Trail in Dickson Township.

A 15 year old boy from a downstate Michigan community, drowned as a result of rip currents at 5th Avenue Beach in the city of Manistee.

Images shared on social media from Zosel St. in Onekama of measured 2 inch hail. Damage to vehicles and home siding. Time estimated from radar.

Thunderstorms moved repeatedly over Manistee County in the morning and afternoon of the 20th. Excessive rainfall produced substantial flooding across central and southern Manistee County. By late on the 20th, rainfall totals reached 8.90 in Parkdale (near Manistee), and 5.95 in W…

Snowfall total of 9.1 inches, most of which fell prior to 9am on the 27th. Snow was heavy and wet, with 12-hr snowfall of 6 inches at 9am 11/27 having a liquid equivalent of 0.89 inches.

Report from storm chaser group's social media page of measured hail in the Manistee area of 1 to 1.5 inches in diameter.

Trained spotter reported a trailer filled with items blew across a parking lot, dragging the front stand and footplate over blacktop before being dragged an additional 75ft into a drainage ravine with front stand trenching through the ground. Spotter also reported trees and power…

Multiple public reports of at least 8 inches of snow from areas near Onekama north toward Bear Lake/Pleasanton Township in northwest Manistee county.

Manistee Harbor buoy, MEEM4, recorded a wind gust to 59mph at 640pm. The Manistee Blacker airport, KMBL, a few miles inland, recorded a gust to 58mph at 723pm. Additionally, a trained spotter reported traffic delays on M-55 in central Manistee county between Manistee and Brethren…

Trained observer 1 mile N of Wellston, MI reported 11.8 inches of snow by 1000EST on the 12th, with snowfall rates of 1 inch per hour at times. 4.8 inches of this fell overnight. Additional trained spotter reports from the Brethren, MI area of 8 inches ending 1800 on December 12,…

CoCoRaHS observer 1 mile N of Wellston reported 9.5 inches of snow by mid morning on the 5th, accompanied by strong gusty winds and blowing snow overnight. 6 inches of this fell prior to 0100EST on the 5th.

A 12 inch diameter aspen tree was downed by strong thunderstorm winds.

Social media reports of street flooding in Manistee around 7am EST, including photo of flooded roadways at River and Maple Streets in Manistee.

Social media report with video of creek overflowing banks and ponding in ditch along M 22 along the south east side of Portage Lake south of Onekama.

Accumulating hail of at least quarter size shown in photos and videos on social media.

Social media image of up to inch size hail on a deck.

Hail report with photo from social media.

Three-quarter-inch sized hail reported.

Reports of wind damage, including uprooted trees, during large hail event in Onekama.

Report of three-quarter inch hail.

Quarter sized hail report.

Bear Lake area. Report relayed by local broadcast media.

Hail report relayed by local broadcast media.

Nickel and dime size hail on the SW side of Manistee.

Trees down/power outages throughout county.

Report from mping.

Social media pictures of multiple trees/large limbs downed.

North Lakeshore Drive was flooded near the US Coast Guard Station in Manistee. Streets were covered in water, and the water extended to near the base of some homes.

A dock, boardwalk, and beach signage were destroyed in Parkdale Township.

Flooding covered a portion of Lakeshore Drive at 5th Avenue Beach in Manistee. In Parkdale Township, the beach eroded up to the foundation of several homes, and a number of trees were washed into the lake.