June 8, 2007 Severe Weather Event
An area of thunderstorms developed over Lake Michigan during the late evening on June 7th and moved onshore around Manistee County around midnight. The thunderstorms took on a "bowing" line structure for a time between midnight and 2 am. Numerous reports of wind damage were reported with this line of storms, especially between Manistee eastward toward Interstate-75. There were sporadic power outages also reported, with most of them focused within the main wind damage area from Manistee eastward to Interstate-75.
140 am June 8, 2007
Damage pictures taken around Cadillac, Michigan
Photos courtesy of Harold Cooley
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
253 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
1250 AM TSTM WND DMG MACKINAC ISLAND 45.86N 84.64W
06/08/2007 MACKINAC MI PUBLIC
SEVERAL TREES DOWNED.
1250 AM TSTM WND DMG MANISTEE 44.24N 86.33W
06/08/2007 MANISTEE MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND A FEW POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY OF
0110 AM TSTM WND DMG WELLSTON 44.22N 85.95W
06/08/2007 MANISTEE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
14 INCH DIAMETER TREE BLOWN OVER. WIND ANEMOMETER LOST
WIND CUPS AT 62 MPH.
0115 AM TSTM WND DMG KINGSLEY 44.58N 85.54W
06/08/2007 GRAND TRAVERSE MI AMATEUR RADIO
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY.
0123 AM TSTM WND DMG CADILLAC 44.25N 85.42W
06/08/2007 WEXFORD MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS WEXFORD
COUNTY. ONE TREE COLLAPSED ON TOP OF A ROOF.
0125 AM TSTM WND DMG MANTON 44.41N 85.40W
06/08/2007 WEXFORD MI AMATEUR RADIO
4 TO 5 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN. WATER COVERING
PORTIONS OF US-131.
0131 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 E FIFE LAKE 44.57N 85.33W
06/08/2007 KALKASKA MI BROADCAST MEDIA
8 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN NEAR KALKASKA AND GRAND
TRAVERSE COUNTY LINE ON FIFE LAKE ROAD.
0135 AM TSTM WND DMG LAKE CITY 44.33N 85.21W
06/08/2007 MISSAUKEE MI BROADCAST MEDIA
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND LAKE CITY. ONE TREE ON A
0205 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 S GRAYLING 44.60N 84.71W
06/08/2007 CRAWFORD MI PUBLIC
SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN NEAR I-75 AND U.S. 127 SPLIT.
0205 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 N HIGGINS LAKE 44.47N 84.74W
06/08/2007 ROSCOMMON MI NWS STORM SURVEY
SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN ALONG US-27. TIME OF EVENT
0230 AM TSTM WND DMG RED OAK 44.70N 84.28W
06/08/2007 OSCODA MI COUNTY OFFICIAL
LARGE TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE. SEVERAL LOCATIONS WITHOUT
POWER INCLUDING LUZERNE, MIO AND RED OAK. TIME OF EVENT
ESTIMATED AT 230 AM.
0250 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 N ONAWAY 45.42N 84.23W
06/08/2007 PRESQUE ISLE MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL 8 TO 16 INCH TREES DOWNED.