Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena - CIG

MICHIGAN, WestA winter storm tracked south of Michigan's Lower Peninsula during the afternoon and evening hours of Friday, March 20th and intothe early morning hours of Saturday, March 21st. The low pressure center tracked across Kentucky and into northern Virginia,keeping the most significant precipitation south of the state. A mixture of snow, sleet, and freezing rain fell across much ofsouthwest and south central Lower Michigan, mainly south of a line from South Haven to Lansing, MI. The precipitation started outas a mixture of sleet and freezing rain Friday afternoon, then turned to mostly snow Friday evening. The ice at the onset made travelconditions hazardous for the Friday afternoon rush hour and several minor weather-related accidents were reported along and southof the Interstate-94 corridor. Snow accumulations ranged from 1 to 4 inches in the aforementioned counties. Accumulations of 3 to4 inches were confined to southern Berrien County, Cass County, Jackson County, and southeast Ingham County.MIZ056>057 Ottawa - Kent22 1900EST0 0Flood25 1200ESTThe Grand River in Robinson Township crested at its flood stage of 13.3 feet on March 22nd and held steady at this level throughMarch 25th. No property damage was reported and only minor flooding occurred.Steady rainfall and warmer temperatures, resulting in a melting of the existing snowpack, during the period of March 18th andMarch 19th, led to minor flooding along the Grand River in Kent and Ottawa Counties during the period of March 22nd throughMarch 25th. Well below normal temperatures, which returned on March 20th, greatly reduced the runoff due to snowmelt andminimized the flooding. No property damage resulted from this minor flooding episode.Jackson County5 E Brooklyn 28 1100EST0 0 5KThunderstorm WindJackson County Central Dispatch reported trees and power lines were downed in Norvel Township near the intersection of MichiganHighway 124 and Wellwood Road, approximately 5 miles east of Brooklyn. A large branch from a downed tree broke the frontwindow of a home on Wellwood Road. No injuries were reported. This was the first severe thunderstorm report of the season insouth central Lower Michigan.Lake CountyBaldwin30 1405EST0 0Hail (1.00)1410ESTThe Lake County Sheriff's Department reported hail fell from 2:05 to 2:10 pm EST, ranging in size from one-half to one inch indiameter.Lake County3 SW Baldwin 30 1500EST0 0Hail (1.75)A local television station in Cadillac, MI, relayed a spotter report of 1.75 inch diameter hail approximately 3 miles southwest ofBaldwin, in Pleasant Plains Township.Warm, moist air in place across central and southern Lower Michigan, ahead of a slowly southward moving cold front, set the stagefor the first severe thunderstorm event of the spring season across west central and southwest Lower Michigan. Thunderstormsproduced small pea to marble-sized hail (1/4-1/2 inch diameter) at several locations from Kent County and the Grand Rapidsmetropolitan area northward across west central Lower Michigan. Severe criteria hail was reported in Lake County from twoseparate thunderstorms, both reports coming from the Baldwin area. No injuries or property damage was reported.MINNESOTA, Central and South CentralSteele CountyBlooming Prairie 27 0235CSTSibley County5 NE Arlington 29 1445CSTFreeborn County1 W Albert Lea 29 1452CSTHennepin CountyEden Prairie29 1505CSTFreeborn County1 N Hartland 29 1510CSTHennepin CountyEdina29 1515CSTDakota County20 S Burnsville 29 1518CSTHennepin CountySt Anthony29 1520CSTWright CountyMonticello29 1525CSTFaribault County2 N Bricelyn 29 1530CSTStorm Data and Unusual Weather PhenomenaTimePath PathNumber ofEstimatedLocal/ Length WidthPersonsDamageLocation DateStandard (Miles) (Yards) Killed Injured Property Crops Character of Storm00000000000000000000Hail (0.75)Hail (1.50)Hail (1.25)Hail (1.00)Hail (0.88)Hail (0.88)Hail (0.75)Hail (0.75)Hail (0.75)Hail (1.75)March 199886 80