High Wind, Mackinac
- When
- December 25, 2:00 PM EST to December 26, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mackinac forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind in Michigan, December 25 to 26, 1999
A strong cold front, associated with a storm system moving across southern Canada, moved across the northern Great Lakes from the evening of the 25th to the early morning hours on the 26th. Strong winds behind this cold front affected the entire Great Lakes region.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 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 APX wrote it up.
A strong cold front, associated with a storm system moving across southern Canada, moved across the northern Great Lakes from the evening of the 25th to the early morning hours on the 26th. Strong winds behind this cold front affected the entire Great Lakes region. The strongest wind speeds were felt in Emmet and Mackinac counties along the lake Michigan shoreline. Sustained winds during this time period were at 30 to 40 MPH with occasional gusts to 50 MPH. Wind speeds up to 62 MPH were recorded in the straits of Mackinac.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Emmet
- When
- December 25, 2:00 PM EST to December 26, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Emmet forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.588, -84.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, December 25 to 27, 1999
- High Wind in Michigan, December 25 to 26, 1999
- Dense Fog in Oregon, December 25, 1999
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, December 25 to 26, 1999
- High Wind in Minnesota, December 25, 1999
- Strong Wind in Minnesota, December 25 to 26, 1999
- High Wind in North Dakota, December 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 25, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, December 25, 1999
- Strong Wind in Minnesota, December 25, 1999
- Waterspout in Hawaii, December 25, 1999
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, December 1999
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: 5720978, 5720979.