May 10
1902: A snowstorm drops from 1 to 6 inches of slushy snow across Lower Michigan. The four inches of snow at Muskegon is the latest measurable snow on record there
2006: A small weak tornado, determined to be a “landspout” moved through an open field near Schoolcraft in Kalamazoo County, doing no damage.
May 11
1956: A tornado hit the northeast edge of Kalamazoo, damaging 15 homes and destroying several barns.
May 12
1956: A severe weather outbreak produces tornadoes, high winds and large hail across Lower Michigan. A deadly tornado hit near Flint for the second time in three years, killing three people on the southeast side of the city. One person was killed in Gratiot County as a tornado moved between Alma and Ithaca. Muskegon was pelted with baseball-sized hail that caused thousands of dollars in damage to homes and cars.
2000: Severe weather with flash flooding, tornadoes and downburst winds hit Lower Michigan. A weak tornado moved through an open field near Gobles in Allegan County.
May 13
1930: Severe thunderstorms produced tornado and downburst damage across eastern Clinton County. Over 30 farms had wind damage and two dozen barns were destroyed. A tornado struck four miles south of St. Johns.
1980: Kalamazoo was hit by a tornado that killed five people and injured 79 others. Fifty million dollars damage was done as the tornado damaged or destroyed nearly 300 homes and over 150 businesses.
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May 14
1886: A tornado injured one person and damaged several homes north of Lansing. The injury occurred as a conductor was blown from a train.
2004: A tornado struck the southeast side of Maple Rapids, destroying a silo and damaging two others. A shed was also damaged. A couple of two by fours were driven into the side of a pole barn. Shingles were damaged and ripped off of two homes.
May 15
1855: A tornado destroys at least one building as it moves from Jackson to Washtenaw County.
1972: A tornado caused minor damage north of Potterville in Eaton County.
May 16
1997: Record low temperatures are set at Grand Rapids and Muskegon with both falling to 29 degrees. This will go in the record books as the coldest May on record at Grand Rapids.
With the warmer weather on the way our chances of storms increase for Thursday:
Thank God for Dr Fauci! Too bad trump and his cronies didn’t listen to him back in February! Dr Fauci rocks and is about the smartest person on the task force! Keep it up Fauci!
Yup, Trump hiding the truth. Thinks he knows it all. What a fail !
On the COVID side of things, I couldn’t care less if sports happen either this year. I want there to be safety guidelines in place before sports start back up again. My wife cut my hair last night and it came out great! Our production team is back to work following strict social distancing guidelines and my wife and I are working from home. Everything is good here!
Agree Andy ! Sports isnt as important than a life. They should cancel all fall sports this year.
I could see it happening. If the NFL goes, it would be interesting to see how that plays out. My guess it will not be with fans and only in open air stadiums. Lions playing at The Big House or Spartan Stadium??
The only other thing I could see happening with Michigan is the restaurant industry being a thing of the past. You’ll still have your McDonalds and Burger Kings, but normal restaurants are gonna be extinct. I don’t see Gretchen opening them back up for a year or so.
Not sure I can believe Dr Fuci anymore making way to many predicaments for our future that he has no idea how it’s going to turn out he’s not a miracle worker this hole pendemic has gotten out of hand I have been working streaght through it no cases at my store I’m in the public everyday we are following guidelines it seems to be working so there is no reason for all these business to be shut down anymore the curve has flatten if a busy store can run so can small businesses and the stay home effect to… Read more »
Yeah INDY, I just don’t see Gretchen allowing any sports to happen in Michigan this fall, college sports I am talking about.
Andy I believe college football will happen just the start of the season will be late huge revenue for colleges this none social gatherings can’t happen forever probably with some changes maybe get screened at the gate for a temp but college football has to go on…INDY
Don’t get me wrong, I would love for there to be college football in the fall, but with the slow reopen, and if the universities don’t open up in the fall, I just don’t see it happening.
Saw the A10s over the Vets Home…low, slow, and quiet…always nice to witness though. Ch8/Steffen just jinxed us on the continued cold, by stating that this morning’s freeze is the last. Steffen is famous for saying “no more 90s for us”….only to be followed by several more 90 degree days :/ Useless…he gets paid regardless. Enjoy the “anomalous” warm air, as the quick return of the cold will be hard to take for most.
It’s only May 13th and it looks like sustained summer weather is just around the corner! All my friends either have their pools opened already or are opening them in the next week. No point waiting for Memorial Day or later this year. And with the kids at home all day, why not? Love long summers!
Where do you live again? My guess is the far SE side.
Slim
Not too far from the airport.
Well, we definitely had significant frost early this morning. Hopefully, that’s the last time we have to worry about that this season.
Probably the best Spring’s in a long time for cool weather and hot fires other then some windy days it’s been wonderful everything is in full bloom effect love it!! …Have a super Wednesday…INDY
It has been a long spring that is for sure.
Slim
The overnight low both here at my house and at the airport was 31. I hope this is the last time it gets down to freezing until October. At this time it is 40 here and clear.
Slim
Right I just told my wife this morning it’s the middle of May and the furnace is kicking on crazzy…..INDY
low here was 29.3
It was 30.7 here I just rounded it up to 31
Slim
Darn – officially no record lows for GR this whole period. I know many were saying GR could hit it last night. Nope!
For kicks, I wrote down the WOOD forecast 8 days ago. I had a feeling they were being much too cold in their predictions (as they usually are). Sure enough, if we hit 63 or better today, WOOD’s forecast will have been, on average, almost 3 degrees too cold PER DAY over the last 8 days.
You will have to see how WZZM does with the 3 degree guarantee.
Slim
Yesterday was another perfect 100% sunshine day. Today looks to be sunny and 63, and that should be the coolest day for a long time. I love it!
One would hope being the middle of May and only a month away from the Summer solace it’s been cold since September 8 and half months bring on the warmth INDY is ready!! INDY ..
I have no idea what you’re talking about. We hit 84 degrees September 30th, saw several days between 70-77 degrees in October, hit 61 degrees the day after Christmas, saw multiple 60’s in March, and hit 75 degrees April 7th. It’s been a very mild stretch overall I’d say.
On a side note, the A10 aircraft flew over our house at 3:15 yesterday low in the sky – didn’t last long but was nice to see.
Had a repairman come over to fix the blower on my furnace, we both wore masks – I told him I hope he didn’t mind me watching as it was the only live entertainment I had seen over the past two months 🙂
We had two KC-135s here. So cool.