Event Summary
A strong low pressure system tracking across northern Michigan dragged a powerful cold front through southeast MI during the morning hours of March 6th, supportive of 50 to 60+ mph winds across the area. The system responsible for these damaging winds initially developed in the lee of the Rocky Mountains, tracking northeast into the upper Midwest by Saturday March 5th and producing a wide swath of severe weather and tornadoes across Iowa. By the time the low and its attendant frontal boundary reached the Great Lakes region Sunday morning (March 6th), the severe threat had diminished and the main event became non-thunderstorm damaging winds. A High Wind Warning was in effect for the area as the cold front began its progression across the state, with Storm Warnings along the Lake Huron nearshore and Gale Warnings for west Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair, and the remainder of the Lake Huron basin. The strongest winds were felt within the immediate wake of the front, as frontal forcing helped tap into a region of 60-70 knot (70-80 mph) winds only a few thousand feet above the surface. With the effects of momentum transfer, this corresponded to widespread 50 to 60 mph wind gusts across southeast MI. A couple of 60+ mph gusts were reported as well, with MBS (Saginaw/Tri-Cities airport) reporting a 67 mph gust as the front passed through. As the front departed east and stability increased, winds began to diminish during the late morning and afternoon hours.
Wind Reports
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1137 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2022 ...HIGHEST WIND REPORTS... LOCATION SPEED TIME/DATE LAT/LON ...BAY COUNTY... 2.8 NE MUNGER (MAWN) 51 MPH 0800 AM 03/06 43.56N/83.76W ...GENESEE COUNTY... FLINT 55 MPH 0839 AM 03/06 42.97N/83.75W ...HURON COUNTY... HARBOR BEACH, MI 58 MPH 0836 AM 03/06 43.85N/82.64W PORT HOPE 52 MPH 0919 AM 03/06 44.02N/82.80W BAD AXE 46 MPH 0935 AM 03/06 43.78N/82.98W ...LAPEER COUNTY... LAPEER 51 MPH 0915 AM 03/06 43.07N/83.27W ...LENAWEE COUNTY... ADRIAN 51 MPH 0414 AM 03/06 41.87N/84.08W ...LIVINGSTON COUNTY... HOWELL 48 MPH 0955 AM 03/06 42.62N/83.97W ...MACOMB COUNTY... LAKE ST. CLAIR METROPARK 56 MPH 0828 AM 03/06 42.57N/82.80W ...MIDLAND COUNTY... MIDLAND BARSTOW 51 MPH 0715 AM 03/06 43.67N/84.27W ...OAKLAND COUNTY... ORTONVILLE 51 MPH 0845 AM 03/06 42.85N/83.41W PONTIAC 47 MPH 0953 AM 03/06 42.67N/83.42W ...SAGINAW COUNTY... SAGINAW 67 MPH 0722 AM 03/06 43.53N/84.08W SAGINAW BROWNE 49 MPH 0755 AM 03/06 43.43N/83.87W ...SANILAC COUNTY... BROWN CITY 51 MPH 0932 AM 03/06 43.21N/82.98W ...ST. CLAIR COUNTY... PORT HURON 47 MPH 0900 AM 03/06 43.01N/82.42W ...TUSCOLA COUNTY... REESE 51 MPH 0800 AM 03/06 43.46N/83.68W CARO TUSCOLA 47 MPH 0815 AM 03/06 43.47N/83.45W ...WASHTENAW COUNTY... ANN ARBOR 48 MPH 0905 AM 03/06 42.22N/83.73W ...WAYNE COUNTY... DETROIT WILLOW 54 MPH 0922 AM 03/06 42.23N/83.53W DETROIT WAYNE 51 MPH 0922 AM 03/06 42.23N/83.33W DETROIT CITY AIR 49 MPH 0921 AM 03/06 42.40N/83.02W ...MARITIME STATIONS... CASEVILLE LIGHT 60 MPH 0858 AM 03/06 43.95N/83.29W 7 E AU GRES 49 MPH 0840 AM 03/06 44.02N/83.54W PECHE ISLAND LIGHT 48 MPH 0910 AM 03/06 42.36N/82.91W SELFRIDGE ANGB 46 MPH 0807 AM 03/06 42.62N/82.82W DETROIT RIVER LIGHT 46 MPH 0909 AM 03/06 42.00N/83.14W OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURES. WE THANK ALL VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION. NOT ALL DATA LISTED ARE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL. $$
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