Thunderstorm Wind, Lenawee
- When
- August 3, 8:35 PM EST
- Where
- Lenawee County, Adrian
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -84.030
Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 3, 1997
Severe thunderstorms developed over Lenawee county late in the day on the 3rd, along a stationary front. Trees and powerlines were blown down in Adrian, and 1 inch diameter hail was reported in Blissfield.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- 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
- 2
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.
Severe thunderstorms developed over Lenawee county late in the day on the 3rd, along a stationary front. Trees and powerlines were blown down in Adrian, and 1 inch diameter hail was reported in Blissfield.
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:36 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lenawee
- When
- August 3, 8:50 PM EST
- Where
- Lenawee County, Blissfield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.830, -83.870
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Arizona, August 3 to 31, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 3, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 1997
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 3, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, August 3, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Vermont, August 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 3, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, August 3, 1997
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: 5611561, 5611562.