Power Outage in Hastings, MI

Wind gusts estimated at up to 65 mph caused scattered power outages and peeled the portion of a gym room off of Thornapple Kellogg high school in Middleville. No injuries or fatalities occurred.

Several trees and power lines were blown down countywide.

Barry county dispatch reported trees and power lines were blown down across large portions of the county.

Downed tree limbs and power lines and widespread power outages occurred due to wind gusts of up to around 60 mph.

A quarter to a half an inch of freezing rain was reported along with heavy sleet at times. The combination of freezing rain, heavy sleet and strong winds caused power outages.

Peak wind gusts in the 60 to 70 mph range resulted in numerous downed trees and limbs and power lines and widespread power outages. A roof was also partially ripped off of a school in Lakewood.

A foot of snow fell in Hastings. The heavy wet snow resulted in scattered power outages.

An ice storm brought a half to three quarters of an inch of ice accumulation across nearly all of the county, causing widespread power outages and downed trees, tree limbs and lines. At one point over 20,000 people were without power in Barry county alone, and thousands of people did not have power restored until 5 to 6 days after the storm hit.

Numerous reports of wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph and widespread power outages were received from Barry county.

Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph were recorded. Central dispatch reported that numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the county.

A trained spotter in Hastings reported that several tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Hastings.

A large severe thunderstorm outbreak produced numerous reports of large hail across mainly Allegan and Barry Counties during the evening. There were many reports from trained spotters and law enforcement of one inch hail in both Fennville and Saugatuck, in Allegan County, between 5:40 and 5:50 p.m. EST. One inch hail was also reported in Glenn in Allegan County at 5:51 p.m. EST by a trained spotter. A report from local media was received of .88" hail in Newaygo (Newaygo County) at 6:03 p.m. EST. There was a very brief touchdown of a F0 tornado 4 miles north northeast of Gobles in an open field at 6:43 p.m. EST, with only very minor damage to a few trees and crops. Numerous reports of .88" hail were also received from trained spotters in Allegan (Allegan County) at 7:14 p.m. EST. Severe thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 m.p.h. were reported between 6:45 and 6:51 p.m. EST by trained spotters in Nashville, and law enforcement near Gun Lake, both in Barry County. Law enforcement reported that several trees and power lines were downed in the vicinity of Gun Lake. .88" hail was also reported 5 miles south of the city of Allegan (Allegan County) at 6:52 p.m. EST by a trained spotter. One inch hail was reported 2 miles north of Dowling (Barry County) at 7:30 p.m. EST. In addition to hail, the thunderstorms also produced torrential rainfall which produced some flash flooding in Allegan and Barry Counties. Four feet of water was reported 4 miles northwest of Fennville at the intersection of 63rd street and M-89 by a trained spotter at 6:15 p.m. EST. A trained spotter reported that a road was washed out in Wayland at the intersection of 1st and 104th streets at 8:30 p.m. EST. A road and private driveway was washed out in Carlton Township (Barry County) at 9 p.m. EST, and the Barry County Road Commission reported that several secondary roads were temporaraily under water. Earlier in the day, there was one isolated severe thunderstorm that produced three quarters inch hail in Harrison (Clare County) at 3:55 p.m. EST.