Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- October 29, 9:36 PM EST
- Where
- Ottawa County, Borculo
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 42.880, -86.020
Damaging Wind in Michigan, October 29, 1996
Numerous trees and power lines were reported down across Ottawa County. Road signs were also bent over in many places.
Where it happened
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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.
Numerous trees and power lines were reported down across Ottawa County. Road signs were also bent over in many places. At a point about 2.5 miles northeast of Borculo, a garage was destroyed. This was a building with wood frame roof and cement block walls. The roof was lifted up and the walls blown down by excessive winds. Across the road a 12 foot diameter piece of a barn roof was blown out and carried 50 yards to the northeast. At both locations, branches with good, green wood were snapped out of trees. Diameters exceeded 8 inches. In Allendale, another garage wasseverely damaged. This building was 24 by 36 feet with cinder block walls.
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:35 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
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- High Wind in South Dakota, October 29 to 30, 1996
- Hail in Wisconsin, October 29, 1996
- High Wind in Nebraska, October 29, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, October 29, 1996
- High Wind in Nebraska, October 29 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, October 29, 1996
- High Wind in Nebraska, October 29 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, October 29, 1996
- High Wind in Minnesota, October 29 to 30, 1996
- High Wind in Iowa, October 29 to 30, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5564232.