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| event_type | Funnel Cloud |
|---|---|
| ncei_event_id | 5,617,833 |
| episode_id | 2,069,668 |
| begin_utc | 1997-07-02T20:20:00+00:00 |
| end_utc | 1997-07-02T20:20:00+00:00 |
| state | MICHIGAN |
| cz_type | C |
| cz_name | CLINTON |
| deaths_direct | 0 |
| deaths_indirect | 0 |
| injuries_direct | 0 |
| injuries_indirect | 0 |
| episode_narrative | An unusually intense storm system for July was centered over Minnesota early Wednesday morning, July 2, 1997. The low pressure center tracked east across Lake Superior Wednesday afternoon as the trailing strong cold front crossed Michigan's Lower Peninsula during the mid and late afternoon hours. The combination of a very warm, moist, and unstable air mass across the region and a favorable veering vertical wind profile fueled the development of widespread severe thunderstorms across the southern half of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Within the NWSO Grand Rapids county warning area, one cluster of thunderstorms developed well ahead of the cold front on Wednesday morning around 6:00 AM EDT over Lake Michigan, then moved onshore into Berrien County around 6:30 AM EDT. As this isolated cluster of severe thunderstorms crossed central and southeast Berrien County and western and southern Cass County, hail up to 2 1/4" in diameter fell and straight-line winds were estimated as high as 70 mph. Widespread agricultural hail damage was reported in central Berrien County and a significant amount of wind damage to homes was reported in Berrien Springs and Edwardsburg. Power outages across Berrien and Cass Counties totaled 21,500 with this cluster of severe thunderstorms. During the early afternoon hours, a line of severe thunderstorms developed in Gratiot County in central Lower Michigan, then developed southwest between 3:00 and 4:30 PM EDT and affected Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, and Clinton Counties. A small F0 tornado touched down in southwest Gratiot County, but no damage or injuries were reported. Hail up to 1 inch in diameter and wind gusts to 70 mph were associated with this line of severe thunderstorms as it crossed south central Lower Michigan. The most significant damage occurred in East Lansing in northwest Ingham County as a wet microburst occurred between 4:13 and 4:18 PM EDT. Damage was estimated to be near half a million dollars. However, no injuries were reported. |
| event_narrative | A National Weather Service-trained contract observer at Capitol City Airport, just northwest of downtown Lansing, sighted a funnel cloud at 4:20 PM EDT. The funnel cloud did not touch the ground and no damage was reported. |
| year | 1,997 |
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