Presque Isle storm history

A 21 year old woman from Grand Rapids was struck by lightning while working as a life guard. She passed away two days later.

A devastating hailstorm caused extensive damage in the small town of Posen. The hail was driven at times by wind gusts around 60 mph. Most buildings and vehicles in the community suffered some sort of damage. Holes were punched in roofs and siding; cars were dented, and windows b…

Trained spotter at 1mi NW 40 Mile Point received 6 inches of snow in a protected area and drifts as high as 3-6 feet, with radial ice accumulations of less than 0.10inch. Rogers City AWOS (KPZQ) reported persistent visibilities at or below 1/4 mile between 09:35 and 15:15 along w…

Broad area of 8-10 inch snowfall totals across the county. Snowfall totals near a foot across the extreme eastern tip of of the county, near Grand Lake, where snowfall totals were enhanced by persistent southeast flow lake enhancement through the night.

Trained spotter measured upwards of three-quarters of an inch of radial ice accretion at a home right on the Lake Huron coast. Spotter also reported extensive damage to trees and power/communications infrastructure throughout the county, with nearly complete business closures, la…

Multiple reports of snowfall totals of 12-20 inches across Presque Isle county. Lots of drifting snow was reported.

Facebook photo of 1.5 inch hail at Tomahawk Creek Flooding. Time estimated on radar.

Two inch hail report. Time estimated by radar.

Baseball sized hail was reported in Posen.

Three inch hail was reported near Presque Isle.

Report of hen egg sized hail in Black Bass Bay. Time estimated by radar.

Trees down/power outages through the county.

Tree broken and heavy metal swing blown down.

Areas of wind damage, mainly downed trees, occurred just east and southeast of Black Lake. A number of trees were downed at Onaway State Park, damaging multiple camping trailers. One occupant of a trailer suffered two broken ribs when his trailer was struck by a falling tree.

A single, large tree was downed.

Several trees were downed, across power lines in some areas. A road near Millersburg was briefly blocked.

Multiple trees and power lines were downed in western Presque Isle County.

A number of trees and power lines were downed in and west of Rogers City. A boater at harbor in Rogers City measured a 66 mph gust.

Multiple trees downed on County Road 638 between Millersburg and Hawks.

Golfball-sized hail fell along M-68 between Rogers City and Millersburg.

Two trees and one power pole were downed.