Strong wind gusts ripped across Lower Michigan today. Now that the strongest wind gusts are over, here are some of the high wind gust reports across our state.
Wind gusts of 60 mph or faster were reported at 15 cities across southern Lower Michigan. Three other very strong wind gusts were reported at Lake Michigan lighthouses. The winds are often stronger when blowing over Great Lakes waters.
Here are the high wind gusts for southeast and eastern Lower Michigan, as tallied by the National Weather Service at White Lake, MI.
Detroit, Ann Arbor, Flint, Saginaw and a few spots in the Thumb all reported over 60 mph gusts. Detroit Metro Airport had the fastest wind gust on the east side of Lower Michigan at 64 mph.
On the west side of the state the fastest wind gusts were reported on piers and at lighthouses. The highest wind gust reported in the state was on Saugatuck Pier at 72 mph.
Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Holland are all inland cities that had wind gusts topping 60 mph.
Northern Lower Michigan and the Upper Peninsula had peak wind gusts generally less than 50 mph.
Winds are diminishing rapidly this evening. No further damaging wind gusts are expected this evening across Michigan.