Jun 18, 2012
A warm front allowed warm and moist air to surge north into Northern Michigan. Initial thunderstorms developed in Eastern Upper Michigan in the afternoon; some of these produced large hail. Incoming thunderstorms organized into a line as they crossed Northern Lake Michigan; this squall line produced many reports of 40 to 55mph winds, but only a few pockets of wind damage, in addition to a single tornado.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 394777). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Charlevoix County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.