High Wind, Lake
- When
- June 18, 8:13 PM EST to 8:32 PM EST
- Where
- Lake forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 43.990, -85.802 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Michigan, June 18, 2001
A non-convective high wind event developed across several counties in central lower Michigan during the mid evening hours of the 18th as a strong warm front lifted north into that area. Across Lake county, several trees were blown down across the southern half of the county.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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 GRR wrote it up.
A non-convective high wind event developed across several counties in central lower Michigan during the mid evening hours of the 18th as a strong warm front lifted north into that area. Across Lake county, several trees were blown down across the southern half of the county. The most damage was reported in Osceola county, where estimated wind gusts to 70 m.p.h. in Hersey downed numerous tree limbs greater than 6 inches in diameter. In Evart (Osceola county), estimated wind gusts of 40 to 50 m.p.h. downed several power lines and trees. In Reed City (Osceola county), several trees and power lines were also blown down. In Tustin, large tree limbs and power lines were also downed by estimated wind gusts of 45 to 50 m.p.h. Finally, in Isabella county, trees were blown down onto power lines along west Herrick road in the far northern part of the county.
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 18, 2:33 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 2:33 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 333 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2001 CURRENT AREA OF SHOWERS DROPPING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHWEST LOWER MI...SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT CROSSES THE REGION. FURTHER UPSTREAM...OVER WI...CONVECTION ON THE INCREASE. THE WARM FRONT...WHICH HAS BEEN THE PRIMARY FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR CONVECTION SO FAR...IS PROGGED BY THE MODELS TO LIFT NORTH THIS EVENING. THUS...AM EXPECTING THE STRONGEST CONVECTION TO STAY NEAR THIS FRONT. YET...WILL STILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION THAT IS CURRENTLY AROUND...OR THAT COULD DEVELOP IN LOWER MI OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THUS WILL CARRY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENINGS. BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES UP AROUND 70 DEGREES FOR MOST AREAS. FOR TUESDAY...THE COLD FRONT WILL BE DROPPING SOUTHWEASTWARD THROUGH LOWER MI...BRINGING MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG WIND FIELDS SUGGEST SOME POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS WITH ANY STORMS. ITS HARD TO PINPOINT CLOUD COVER CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR DEBRIS CLOUDS...WHICH WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON TEMPERATURES. WILL GO WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. LOOKS LIKE THE FRONT WILL STALL IN MY SOUTHERN COUNTIES TUESDAY NIGHT...ALLOWING A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE TO RIDE UP IT FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THUS...WILL CONTINUE THE MOSTLY CLOUDY WORDING...ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. NORTHEAST WINDS SHOULD CREATE A GRADUAL COOLING TREND. MJS EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION... THE UNSETTLED WEATHER WHICH WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH MIDWEEK LOOKS LIKE IT WILL GIVE WAY TO IMPROVING CONDITIONS TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. THE AVAILABLE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IS NOT IN PERFECT AGREEMENT... BUT SIMILARITIES CAN BE FOUND. THE GENERAL THEME IS TO SWING A DECENT UPPER TROUGH THROUGH THE REGION ON THURSDAY... WITH UPPER RIDGING MOVING IN FOR THE WEEKEND. THE CANADIAN AND MRF ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT... WHILE THE ECMWF CUTS OFF THURSDAY/S SHORTWAVE TROUGH INTO A SIGNIFICANT CUTOFF LOW JUST TO OUR EAST... WHERE IT LINGERS INTO THE WEEKEND. THE MRF ALSO MANAGES TO CUTOFF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE UPPER TROUGH... BUT YIELDS A MUCH WEAKER CUTOFF LOW WHICH WOULD STAY WELL SOUTH OF OUR AREA. THE CANADIAN MANAGES TO SWING THE ENTIRE UPPER TROUGH TO THE EAST COAST BY SATURDAY EVENING WITHOUT ANY ENERGY CUTTING OFF FROM THE MAIN UPPER FLOW. WILL FOLLOW THE MRF AT THIS POINT... SINCE IT OFFERS THE CLOSEST THING TO A COMPROMISE SOLUTION... AND SINCE IT IS FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH ITS PREVIOUS RUN AND THE LATEST AVN. SO... WILL KEEP THE CURRENT CHANCE OF PCPN ON THURSDAY AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA... WITH RIDGING AND DRY WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. WILL ALLOW FOR A CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA ON MONDAY AS THE RIDGE SLIDES FARTHER EAST AND RETURN FLOW BRINGS BETTER MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY BACK INTO THE AREA. TRH .GRR...NONE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Osceola
- When
- June 18, 8:20 PM EST to 8:50 PM EST
- Where
- Osceola forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 43.990, -85.325 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Isabella
- When
- June 18, 8:50 PM EST
- Where
- Isabella forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 43.641, -84.847 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 18, 2001
- Heat in Missouri, June 18, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 18, 2001
- Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 18, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 18, 2001
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 18, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 18, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 18, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 18, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 18, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 18, 2001
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5252690, 5252691, 5252692.