Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- January 18, 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -83.200
Damaging Wind in Michigan, January 18, 1996
A strong storm tracked from the central plains northeast to northern Michigan on the 18th. The storm dragged a cold front across southeast Michigan late on the 18th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS DTX wrote it up.
A strong storm tracked from the central plains northeast to northern Michigan on the 18th. The storm dragged a cold front across southeast Michigan late on the 18th. With the passage of the front, temperatures fell from the 50s during the evening on the 18th, to the teens by late morning on the 19th. Fast-moving thunderstorms ahead of the front during the early evening on the 18th uprooted trees in Lenawee county, downed powerlines in Wayne county, and produced large hail in Saginaw and Shiawassee counties.
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:39 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Oklahoma, January 18 to 20, 1996
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 18, 1996
- High Wind in Indiana, January 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, January 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, January 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alabama, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 18, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 18, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5538705.