A severe weather threat exists for part of Michigan later today. And depending on the conditions at the time, these storms could bring the threat of large hail, damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph, and even the possibility of a tornado.
The National Weather Service (NWS) early today updated its forecast maps, showing the area that’s at risk for severe weather. It’s the mid to southeastern portion of the Lower Peninsula. This includes Lansing, Ann Arbor, Jackson, Pontiac and Detroit.
“There is a marginal to slight risk for severe storms this afternoon-early evening as a broken line of thunderstorms develops along a cold front. Damaging winds to 60 mph are the main threat, but large hail or a tornado cannot be ruled out,” NWS meteorologists at the Detroit office said.
There will be two rounds of stormy weather today. MLive Meteorologist Mark Torregrossa outlined that timeline here, explaining the second round of storms will be the one to watch. That time period with the biggest severe weather threat will be Wednesday afternoon and early evening.
On the west side of Michigan, that timeline will be a bit earlier. That severe weather threat will end around 4 p.m. today. In southeast Lower Michigan, the storm threat will track through that area by early evening.
From the NWS office in Grand Rapids: “A broken line of showers and thunderstorms is forecast to develop near the lakeshore by noon. They will track eastward through during the early to mid afternoon hours before pushing east of Lansing around 4 p.m. Continued breezy and mild weather is expected.”
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