Seiche in Michigan

Events

17

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Damage

$31,000

• Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 31, 19982 deaths · 143 injured · $167 million · 1.5 in hail · 43 eventsDamage surveys conducted by the National Weather Service Office in Grand Rapids, MI, in addition to trained spotter reports, local media meteorologist input, emergency management officials, and a review of National Weather Service Doppler Radar, indicate the widespread and…
• Flash Flood and Hail in Michigan, June 30, 2018$1.0 million · 4 in hail · 14 eventsA cold front moving through a very moist and unstable air mass produced severe thunderstorms over portions of west and central Upper Michigan during the afternoon and evening of the 30th.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 4 to 5, 20141 injured · $52,000 · 50 kt wind · 10 eventsFrontal boundaries from a low pressure system tracking through northwest Ontario produced heavy rain and a few severe thunderstorms over south central Upper Michigan from the 4th into the early morning of the 5th.
• Hail and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 21, 2025$12,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 eventsAn unseasonably hot and humid air mass beneath a strong upper ridge in place across the Midwest led to the development of storms late on the evening of the 20th across the Northern Plains.
• Damaging Winds and Seiche in Michigan, August 10 to 11, 202060 kt wind · 9 eventsConvectively enhanced vorticity max lead to initiation of storms overnight Sunday across southern South Dakota. These initial storms grew upscale given concurrent downstream destabilization through northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa.
• Seiche in Michigan, May 30, 20116 eventsAs a dying thunderstorm complex moved over Lake Superior on the afternoon of the 30th, a seiche developed due to the wake low formed by the complex. No damage or injuries were reported from this event but water levels fluctuated by two to four feet in a matter of minutes.
• Damaging Wind and Seiche in Michigan, July 22, 2014$4,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsA potent upper disturbance moving through a warm and unstable air mass produced strong to severe thunderstorms over north central Upper Michigan and seiche conditions for locations near Lake Superior on the 22nd.
• Seiche in Michigan, July 19, 2019$2,000 · 1 eventA county official in Manistique observed a seiche late evening on the 19th which caused minor damage and flooding along the boardwalk in town. The seiche was likely caused by a thunderstorm complex passing to the south.
• Seiche in Michigan, May 9, 2019$5,000 · 1 eventThe sudden relaxation of a gusty east wind, and quick transition to a northwest wind, resulted in a seiche on Lake Michigan. With very high water levels already in place on all of the Great Lakes, localized flooding developed.
• Seiche in Michigan, August 10 to 11, 20201 eventThe initial gust front, associated with the derecho discussed in a separate episode, passed the Cook Buoy (45026) near Stevensville, MI around 5:55 pm when waves were reportedly one foot.

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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.