Strong Wind, Cheboygan
- When
- November 27, 1:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cheboygan forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.473, -84.492 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in Michigan, November 27, 2001
Strong low pressure moved across the western Great Lakes during the day on the 27th. Wind gusts on the north side of the low reached 45 mph at times along the Michigan shore of Lake Huron north of Presque Isle Light.
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
- None recorded
- 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.
Strong low pressure moved across the western Great Lakes during the day on the 27th. Wind gusts on the north side of the low reached 45 mph at times along the Michigan shore of Lake Huron north of Presque Isle Light.
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 Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 26, 11:40 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 11:40 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1140 PM EST MON NOV 26 2001 UPDATED THE FORECAST FOR E UPPER. A SPOTTER REPORT OF 1 INCH OF SNOW AT WHITEFISH POINT PROMPTED RAISING THE OVERNIGHT SNOW AMOUNT TO 1 TO 3 INCHES. N LOWER LOOKS OKAY. .APX...NONE. LUTZ
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Wind, Mackinac
- When
- November 27, 1:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mackinac forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Strong Wind, Presque Isle
- When
- November 27, 1:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Presque Isle forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.398, -83.843 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in South Carolina, November 27, 2001
- Winter Storm in Missouri, November 27 to 28, 2001
- High Wind in California, November 27, 2001
- Ice Storm in Texas, November 27 to 29, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, November 27 to 28, 2001
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, November 27, 2001
- Winter Storm in Oregon, November 27 to 28, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Texas, November 27 to 28, 2001
- Winter Storm in Texas, November 27 to 28, 2001
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 27, 2001
- Dense Fog in California, November 27, 2001
- Dense Fog in California, November 27 to 28, 2001
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, November 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: 5273144, 5273145, 5273146.