On Saturday afternoon, June 21st, a line of strong thunderstorms associated with a cold front moving across Michigan's Lower Peninsula caused damage in portions of southwest and south central Lower Michigan. Most damage was caused by isolated incidences of straight-line winds.
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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.
The episode as NWS GRR wrote it up.
On Saturday afternoon, June 21st, a line of strong thunderstorms associated with a cold front moving across Michigan's Lower Peninsula caused damage in portions of southwest and south central Lower Michigan. Most damage was caused by isolated incidences of straight-line winds.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm downed a tree and several large limbs in the village of Marcellus. The downed tree landed on a vehicle parked at the corner of S. Centre and Dibble Street. Limbs and power lines were downed on N. Centre and North Streets and at the corner of Arbor and Snyder Street.
Barry County Central Dispatch reported trees and power lines downed 2 miles northwest of Hastings.
Severe thunderstorm winds leveled 2 buildings near the intersection of Hollister and Taft roads in Ovid Township. In addition, several buildings in the area had minor roof damage and several trees were downed. Destroyed buildings were a pole barn and a garage. No one was injured.
Cass County Central Dispatch reported power lines downed in Edwardsburg.
A trained severe weather spotter reported nickle-sized hail in Dimondale.
St. Joseph County Central Dispatch reported several large trees downed in Centreville area.
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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: 5618410, 5618411, 5618412, 5618413, 5618414, 5618415.