Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 16, 2001

Name: Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 16, 2001
Start: 2001-06-16T22:47
End: 2001-06-16T23:15
Location: Michigan

June 16, 2001 · NWS GRR · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Two severe thunderstorms produced wind damage in Isabella and Osceola counties. In Osceola county, a large tree was blown down onto a road in Hersey.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $40,000
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 GRR wrote it up.

Two severe thunderstorms produced wind damage in Isabella and Osceola counties. In Osceola county, a large tree was blown down onto a road in Hersey. In Isabella county, numerous tree branches were blown down onto roads 4 miles southeast of Brinton. The branches blocked portions of Coleman, Vandecar and Woodruff roads between Farwell and Weidman roads.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 16, 9:15 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 9:15 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1015 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001

STRONG VORT MAX MOVING THROUGH THE NRN GRTLKS REGION IS TOUCHING OFF
A BAND OF GUSTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS BAND WILL BE
CLIPPING THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE GRR CWFA OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS AND IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING... BUT
COULD STILL PRODUCE SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH. STILL FAIRLY UNSTABLE OVER
LWR MI ATTM AS THIS LINE OF CONVECTION APPROACHES AND THERE HAS
BEEN A FEW REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN WISCONSIN... SO WILL MONITOR
CLOSELY AS THIS BAND COMES ON SHORE. ALSO NEW DEVELOPMENT TAKING
PLACE IN AN AREA OF STRONG SURFACE CONVERGENCE NEAR ALMA. UPDATE
OUT.

MEADE

.GRR...NONE.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Osceola

When: June 16, 10:47 PM EST
Where: Osceola County, Hersey
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph)
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 43.850, -85.433

Thunderstorm Wind, Isabella

When: June 16, 11:15 PM EST
Where: Isabella County, Brinton
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph)
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.767, -85.000

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Michigan in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Michigan, June 2001

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: 5252686, 5252685.