Thunderstorm Wind, Alpena
- When
- August 2, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alpena County, 3 mi S of Ossineke
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.867, -83.417
Several 24 inch diameter trees were blown down.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 2, 2000
A cold front moved across the state of Michigan during the afternoon of the 2nd. This front triggered scattered thunderstorms across Northern Michigan.
Where it happened
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- 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 cold front moved across the state of Michigan during the afternoon of the 2nd. This front triggered scattered thunderstorms across Northern Michigan. A report of wind damage and large hail accompanied a couple of these storms.
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:58 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Gladwin
- When
- August 2, 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Gladwin County, 7 mi SW of Gladwin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.917, -84.583
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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, August 2 to 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in New York, August 2, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, August 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 2, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 2, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, August 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 2, 2000
- Wildfire in California, August 2 to 9, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 2, 2000
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: 5171925, 5171926.