Lake Superior, 2005Waterspouts in Lake Superior, July 28 to 30, 2005
July 28 to 30, 2005 · NWS MQT · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
2 waterspout, 1 marine hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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.
Waterspout, Marquette to Munising Mi
- When
- July 28, 4:40 PM EST to 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Marquette to Munising Mi marine zone, 4 mi SW of Grand Island North Lt
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 46.567, -86.717
Waterspout observed from Tourist Park, 2 miles west of Munising on Highway M-28.
Waterspout, Ls E of Line From Manitou Is Mi Nwd and S of Intl Border
- When
- July 28, 4:40 PM EST to 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Ls E of Line From Manitou Is Mi Nwd and S of Intl Border marine zone, 8 mi NW of Munising
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 46.500, -86.767
Marine Hail, Saxon Hbr Wi to Ontonagon Mi
- When
- July 30, 11:13 AM EST
- Where
- Saxon Hbr Wi to Ontonagon Mi marine zone, 8 mi SW of Ontonagon Light
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.950, -89.417
One-inch diameter hail observed.
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
- Marine Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger over water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, July 28, 20052 deaths · $1.1 million · 5 events
- Lightning Strike in California, July 28, 20052 deaths · 7 injured · 1 event
- Heat in Alabama, July 28, 20051 death · 1 event
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 28, 2005$450,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 28, 2005$400,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 28, 2005$200,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 28, 2005$100,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 28, 2005$65,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 28, 2005$55,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 28, 2005$45,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 28, 2005$35,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 28, 2005$30,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5465641, 5465642, 5465643.