Michigan, 2024

Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 15 to 16, 2024

July 15 to 16, 2024 · NWS GRR · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

Isolated severe thunderstorms produced several reports of damaging wind gusts and an isolated report of hail.

Where it happened

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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$25,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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.

Isolated severe thunderstorms produced several reports of damaging wind gusts and an isolated report of hail.

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 Jul 14, 9:05 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 9:05 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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In the hours before

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The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:16 UTC.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Kent

When
July 15, 12:19 AM EST to 12:20 AM EST
Where
Kent County, 1.52 mi E of Bowen
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
42.880, -85.600

A report of three quarters inch diameter hail was received.

Thunderstorm Wind, Van Buren

When
July 15, 10:45 PM EST to 10:50 PM EST
Where
Van Buren County, 0.69 mi S of Decatur
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
42.110, -85.970

There were several reports of downed trees and limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When
July 15, 11:50 PM EST to 11:53 PM EST
Where
Jackson County, 0.86 mi NW of Jackson
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$3,000
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
42.240, -84.410

A few trees and limbs were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When
July 16, 12:47 AM EST to 12:49 AM EST
Where
Jackson County, 1.72 mi SW of Horton
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$2,000
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
42.130, -84.540

Several large tree limbs were snapped off.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1203967, 1203964, 1203965, 1203966.