Michigan, 2002High Wind in Michigan, March 9, 2002
March 9, 2002 · NWS IWX · 5 events in 5 counties and zones
5 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 9, 10:15 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 10:15 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1015 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2002
STRONG UVM/DEEP MOISTURE RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD PREFRONTAL RAIN
THIS MORNING. BREAKS EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED BEFORE FRONT. THIS SHD
HOLD TEMPS DOWN BELOW CURRENT FORECASTS AND WL UPDATE TO LOWER.
COLD FRONT MOVG EAST AT 40 KTS ACRS CENTRAL-NE IL...ACCOMPANIED BY
LINE OF SHOWERS WITH WIND GUSTS 41-52KTS REPORTED. FRONT SHD REACH
SBN BY 18Z, FWA 19-20Z, AOH ARND 21Z. DOUBTFUL IF AMS WL DESTABILIZE
ENUF TO PRODUCE TSTMS ACRS OUR AREA WITH FROPA. IF NOT, WL PRBLY
HANDLE WINDS WITH FROPA/SHOWERS WITH NOWCASTS...IF SO MAY NEED
TO START ISSUING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS.
POST FRONTAL WINDS ACRS IL/IA FM M30-L40S. LATEST RUC INDICATES H85
WINDS BEHIND FRONT INCRSG THIS AFTN, SO XPC POST FRONTAL GUSTS WILL
BE HIGHER HERE THAN CURRENTLY SEEING OUT WEST.
.IWX...HIGH WIND WARNING ENTIRE CWFA THIS AFT AND EARLY TONIGHT.
JT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 9, 11:43 AM EST, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1143 AM EST SAT MAR 09 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1132 AM 1 S WOLCOTT IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 WHITE 64 MPH NON TSTM WINDS.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Mar 9, 12:22 PM EST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1222 PM EST SAT MAR 09 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 PM 3 S WINAMAC IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 PULASKI FEW TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Mar 9, 12:31 PM EST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1231 PM EST SAT MAR 09 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 PM NORTH JUDSON IN NON TSTM WINDS
03/09/02 STARKE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.High Wind, Cass
- When
- March 9, 12:37 PM EST
- Where
- Cass forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.915, -85.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An unusually strong cold front moved through the region during the daylight hours of the 9th. A strong pressure gradient existed with the front as 3 hour pressure falls of 4 millibars ahead of the front combined with 3 hour pressure rises of 11 millibars. Winds just above the surface ranged from 70 to 80 mph. The combination of these 2 factors was tapped by a narrow line of showers immediately ahead of the cold front. Widespread reports of trees, tree limbs and power lines being blown down were received as surface winds of 50 to 70 mph were experienced by many areas.
High Wind, Berrien
- When
- March 9, 12:45 PM EST
- Where
- Berrien forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
An unusually strong cold front moved through the region during the daylight hours of the 9th. A strong pressure gradient existed with the front as 3 hour pressure falls of 4 millibars ahead of the front combined with 3 hour pressure rises of 11 millibars. Winds just above the surface ranged from 70 to 80 mph. The combination of these 2 factors was tapped by a narrow line of showers immediately ahead of the cold front. Widespread reports of trees, tree limbs and power lines being blown down were received as surface winds of 50 to 70 mph were experienced by many areas.
High Wind, St. Joseph
- When
- March 9, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- St. Joseph forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.914, -85.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An unusually strong cold front moved through the region during the daylight hours of the 9th. A strong pressure gradient existed with the front as 3 hour pressure falls of 4 millibars ahead of the front combined with 3 hour pressure rises of 11 millibars. Winds just above the surface ranged from 70 to 80 mph. The combination of these 2 factors was tapped by a narrow line of showers immediately ahead of the cold front. Widespread reports of trees, tree limbs and power lines being blown down were received as surface winds of 50 to 70 mph were experienced by many areas.
High Wind, Branch
- When
- March 9, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Branch forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.916, -85.059 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An unusually strong cold front moved through the region during the daylight hours of the 9th. A strong pressure gradient existed with the front as 3 hour pressure falls of 4 millibars ahead of the front combined with 3 hour pressure rises of 11 millibars. Winds just above the surface ranged from 70 to 80 mph. The combination of these 2 factors was tapped by a narrow line of showers immediately ahead of the cold front. Widespread reports of trees, tree limbs and power lines being blown down were received as surface winds of 50 to 70 mph were experienced by many areas.
High Wind, Hillsdale
- When
- March 9, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Hillsdale forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.888, -84.593 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An unusually strong cold front moved through the region during the daylight hours of the 9th. A strong pressure gradient existed with the front as 3 hour pressure falls of 4 millibars ahead of the front combined with 3 hour pressure rises of 11 millibars. Winds just above the surface ranged from 70 to 80 mph. The combination of these 2 factors was tapped by a narrow line of showers immediately ahead of the cold front. Widespread reports of trees, tree limbs and power lines being blown down were received as surface winds of 50 to 70 mph were experienced by many areas.
- 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.
- High Wind in Illinois, March 9, 20024 deaths · 4 injured · $200,000 · 51 kt wind · 18 events
- High Wind in Ohio, March 9 to 10, 20022 deaths · 8 injured · $8.8 million · 55 kt wind · 28 events
- High Wind in Ohio, March 9, 20021 death · 12 injured · $971,000 · 73 kt wind · 32 events
- Blizzard in Minnesota, March 9, 20021 death · 6 injured · $55,000 · 7 events
- High Wind in Iowa, March 9, 2002$2.5 million · 54 kt wind · 51 events
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 9, 20021 death · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in New York, March 9, 2002$3.2 million · 57 kt wind · 17 events
- High Wind in Michigan, March 9 to 10, 20022 injured · $780,000 · 61 kt wind · 17 events
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Pennsylvania, March 9 to 10, 2002$415,000 · 30 events
- High Wind in Michigan, March 9, 2002$485,000 · 62 kt wind · 23 events
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Ohio, March 9, 2002$260,000 · 22 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, March 9, 2002$250,000 · 70 kt wind · 22 events
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: 5280598, 5280597, 5280599, 5280600, 5280714.