Thunderstorm Wind, Isabella
- When
- July 8, 12:45 PM EST to 12:50 PM EST
- Where
- Isabella County, Shepherd
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 43.520, -84.680
Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 8, 1996
Thunderstorm winds knocked tree limbs onto power lines, causing power outages lasting up to two hours. One section of a large tree split away from the main trunk and fell onto a house, causing a large hole in the roof and damage to a bedroom ceiling.
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
- $2,000
- 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 GRR wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds knocked tree limbs onto power lines, causing power outages lasting up to two hours. One section of a large tree split away from the main trunk and fell onto a house, causing a large hole in the roof and damage to a bedroom ceiling.
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:46 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
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, July 8, 1996
- Tornado in Maine, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 8, 1996
- Hail in Maine, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 8, 1996
- Flood in Mississippi, July 8, 1996
- Flood in Mississippi, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, July 1996
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: 5557357.