Lightning, Roscommon
- When
- June 11, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Roscommon County, Houghton Lake
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.336, -84.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Michigan, June 11, 1999
Scattered strong to severe storms with tremendous lightning.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Scattered strong to severe storms with tremendous lightning. Lightning strikes caused a house fire in the Houghton Lake area and a major outage of electricity and telephone service in West Branch
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:03 UTC.
Event by event
2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Roscommon
- When
- June 11, 5:03 PM EST
- Where
- Roscommon County, Houghton Lake
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.300, -84.750
Lightning, Ogemaw
- When
- June 11, 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Ogemaw County, West Branch
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.335, -84.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 11 to 12, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 11 to 12, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, June 11, 1999
- Hail in Texas, June 11, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 11 to 12, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 11, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 11, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 11, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, June 11, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 11, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 11, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Illinois, June 11, 1999
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, June 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: 5699719, 5699720, 5699721.