Power Outage in Flint, MI

Up to quarter inch of ice accumulation with power outages.

Dozens of trees and power lines reported down.

Power lines reported down.

Strong winds blew down trees and powerlines.

A few trees and power lines were reported down, with one tree falling onto a house.

Trees and power lines reported throughout the city.

Trees and powerlines reported down.

Power lines reported down.

Several power lines downed.

Power lines reported down.

Large tree was blown down, taking down a power line and blocking the road. A metal side barn was also heavily damaged.

Numerous 18 inch diameter trees and power lines down.

Numerous uprooted trees and power lines down.

Downed power lines caused the closure of I-75.

Power lines and wired reported down.

Numerous power lines were reported down, along with siding of a building blown off.

A tree was reported down, along with power lines.

A power pole was reported down.

Trees and power lines reported down.

Power lines reported down.

A power line was reported down.

A large tree and wires reported down, as well as snapped power poles.

Trees and powerlines reported down across Flint and Genesse county.

Trees reported blown down along with a power line.

Several trees down on power lines.

Trees and power lines reported down.

Trees and power lines reported down, damage to 7 homes. Barn roof blown off.

A trained spotter reported a large tree and power lines down at the intersection of Roosevelt and Saginaw Roads.

Law enforcement reported numerous power lines down.

A trained spotter reported a large tree branch and power lines down.

A local newspaper reported that a house had been damaged by fallen power lines. A tree limb, struck by lightning, fell onto the power lines causing them to break and burn a portion of the aluminum siding on the home. The burning tree and arcing power lines sent neighbors to warn the homeowners. Two men received minor injuries (indirect) when they were electrocuted after knocking on the door of the home. Total property damages, including electrical appliances, was roughly estimated at $2.5K.

Downburst winds brought down several large trees just northeast of Interstate 475 and Davison Rd in Flint. Two homes were struck by large trees and sustained serious roof damage. One home was located on Mabel Street and the other on Cook Street. Power lines and poles were also downed in the area. An NWS employee surveyed the damage and estimated that the wind speeds were between 65 and 70 MPH. No injuries were reported.

A strong multicell moving west to east made landfall near Ludington around 3 PM EDT. This storm then tracked due east until it reached Mount Pleasant where it took a sharp turn toward the southeast. Shortly after, a large hail core materialized dropping hailstones that measured 2 inches in diameter (lime or hen egg sized) near Brant Township after 515 PM EDT and 1.75 inch (golf ball sized) hail closer to Chesaning. The last severe hail report (1 inch) with this storm occurred just before Montrose at 545 PM EDT. The storm weakened shortly afterwards near the Flint and Lapeer areas.||A trailing line of storms rolled ashore near Silver Lake around 615 PM EDT with an eastward trajectory. These storms produced mainly damaging wind gusts as they approached the M-54 corridor around 745 PM EDT. There were several reports of trees and power lines brought down as the storms tracked east along the I-69 corridor. Storms exited east into southern Ontario before 10 PM EDT.

A line of strong to severe storms tracked across Southeast Michigan on the afternoon of October 23, 2020 ahead of a strong cold front. The storms led to numerous reports of wind damage (trees downed and damage to outbuildings or roofs) and several instances of hail. Tens of thousands of customers lost power across the state due to the storms.

A potent storm system lifted out of the Southern Plains and moved through the Central and Eastern Great Lakes region on Thanksgiving Eve. This storm produced the first widespread snowfall of the season over southeast Michigan. Although this system had a lot of moisture to work with, temperatures were just marginally cold enough to produce snow. In fact, the precipitation did start out as rain before turning over to snow. Snowfall rates exceeded an inch per hour for a period, as thundersnow was reported. Due to the convective nature of the wet snow, snowfall accumulations varied significantly within and across the counties, generally ranging from 2 to 8 inches. Gusty northeast winds of 30 to 40 mph further aggravated the situation, causing scattered power outages, and reducing visibilities to a quarter of a mile or less at times. Hundreds of car accidents occurred, which left three people dead, and many more injured. Here are the highest snowfall reports received for each county:Poseyville (Midland county), 9.2 inches.Auburn (Bay county), 6.4 inches.7 miles west of Flint (Genesee county), 8.1 inches.Fairgrove (Tuscola county), 5.0 inches.Elba Township (Lapeer county), 5.7 inches.Howell (Livingston county), 5.5 inches.Saginaw (Saginaw county), 8.2 inches.Bennington (Shiawassee county), 6.5 inches.