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2021 Severe and Dangerous Storms
June 18 2021, 1st Severe Storm of the year
Brought 30-48+ mph wind gusts,
it was able to bring down trees
June 20-21 2021 Strong, Severe Storms, 2nd,3rd and 4th storm of the year
Midnight Severe storms
11:30pm-12:30am severe storms
50+ mph wind gusts and quarter size hail
2nd severe storm
Severe Storms had 40-65 mph wind gusts, Nickel to Golf Ball size hail and
over 6,000 people lost power in
Berrien County Michigan.
Evening Severe storms
After Midnight Severe storms
6:30-7:30pm severe storms
12:40-1:20am severe storms
40+ mph wind gusts and hail to Berrien Springs
1st severe storm
Damaging winds, quarter size hail and heavy rain
12:40-1:20am severe storms
Tornado warnings to the south and east
after 1:30am
3rd severe storm, gusts up to 60 mph
Golf Ball size hail was reported during the severe storms
During the storms and damage after the Severe Storms
June 26 2021 Strong and Severe Storms, 5th and 6th storms of the year
Second round of severe storms and
40-65 mph wind gusts
From 7:00-7:40pm.
The Heavy rain brought 3-4" of rain
from the severe thunderstorms
First round of severe storms that brought 40-60 mph gusts and tornado warnings in Michigan
from 3:30-4:30pm.
July 28-29 2021 Severe Storms, 7th storm of the year
weakest Derecho? of the year. First Moderate Risk
Weak Derecho, 30-45 mph wind gusts in Berrien County
Michigan Week of HELL August 9-13 2021
8th and 9th storm of the year heavy damage, widespread power outages, major floods and a lot of close calls, Michigan on edge.
August 9 2021 severe storm
40-60 mph wind gusts and constant Dangerous Lightning. The storm had rainfall rates of over 6" a hour.
Strongest Storms of the year
Storm stayed over Stevensville Mi from
10:55pm-1:20am
Stevensville Mi 6"+ rainfall rate
Storm stayed over Berrien County Mi from
10:55pm-2:30am
Bridgeman starting to flood with rain rates over 3.75" a hour
40-60 mph gusts in the storm
very heavy rainfall with rain rates over 6" a hour and a lot of lightning.
Stevensville Michigan got 3-5" of rain from this storm
Dropped over 3" of rain in Stevensville
August 9 2021 severe weather risk area
Bridgeman got 7.44" of rain in 2 Hours!
Very Dangerous Lightning strikes
August 10 2021 severe weather, one year after 2020 derecho ,Bridgeman flooding and Heat Wave.
Tree damaged by Lightning strike
The Lightning strike caused
1 injury (concussion)
Extremely weird lightning strike
where the injury happened
Bridgeman without power
Bridgeman Michigan flooding and damage after 7.44" of rain
* Not my picture, this shows the impact of the flooding
One year after the Derecho with another Derecho? one year later
Very Humid feels like temps over 100*F
August 10 2021 severe weather risk area
Past 2 days storm reports wind and flood reports in Berrien County
The Possible Derecho had 60-75 mph gusts
Berrien county had around 16,000 people lose power during the storm, trees and power lines fell across the county.
Storm damage in Berrien County
Storm damage from 60-75 mph gusts
67 mph wind gust measured south of St Joseph Mi
* Not my picture, this shows the impact of the storm
Berrien County Michigan close calls August 12-13 Severe storms power outages nearly 850,000 people. storm reports from August 9-12th
Close call for Berrien County Michigan August 11-12th, storms went north and east
10th Severe Storm of the year August 24 2021
Temp made it to 95*F with a feels like over 110*F
The storm lasted over us from 7:15-8:30pm
Brought Very Heavy Rain to Stevensville
Severe Storm knocking out power to over 1,400 people
The radar at 8:10pm
Dangerous Lightning Strikes in the storm
First round of this storm came from the West with 50-60 mph wind gusts 7:15pm
Second round of this storm came from the South with wind gusts over 45 mph 7:30pm
The radar at 8:20pm
Third round of this storm came from the East with wind gusts over 45 mph 8:10pm
Dangerous Lightning Strike video
Warning: Bright lightning strike
The storm dropped over 3" of rain in 1 hour
The radar at 8:30pm storm starting to move
11,12 and 13th Severe storms of the year September 7 2021
The amount of storms adding up to one of the most active years
for Berrien County Michigan especially southern Berrien county
Wind during the day was from the SW 20-30 mph with gusts over 50 mph, with temps over 80F
First storm lasted from 4:10-4:35pm
wind gusts were 50-60 mph
2nd Severe Storm 4:40-5:05pm
40-55 mph gusts and .50" size hail
3rd Severe Storm 5:10-6:50pm
50-60 mph gusts and Pea size hail
around 3" of rain fell in 3 hours for the 4th time this year
Flooding in Stevensville and Benton Harbor Michigan
from rain rates over 4" of rain a hour
2-3" of rain in this area
Flooding in Stevensville after the very heavy rain
The severe weather knocked out power for over 100,000 people in Michigan
Wind and Rain Storm September 21-23 2021
20-30 mph sustained wind and 45-50 mph wind gusts
Waves on Lake Michigan 8-15 feet Occasional 21 foot wave
14th Severe Storm of the year October 11 2021
Storms lasted from 6:40-7:45pm
storms brought 40-60 mph gusts into Berrien County causing trees to come down on the road onto cars.
Really active severe weather season
15th Severe storm of the year and 2nd wind storm December 10-11 2021
Southern Deadly Tornado Outbreak
Severe storms brought 20-55 mph gusts to Berrien County and south of us had the worst with a
deadly tornado outbreak from how warm it was down south.Temps made it up to 59F during the night. The front brought 55-65 mph gusts to Berrien County causing massive waves on the lake waves up to 18ft.
Causing over 320,000 people to lose power in Michigan.
December 10-11 severe storm reports
3rd wind Storm December 15-16 2021, 18 storms including severe storms this year alone, Record amount of storms for Berrien County
made it to 64 degrees in Berrien County
on December 15 2021
Storm brought 30-50 mph gusts to Berrien County brought down some branches. Strongest wind mainly over Lake Michigan and Lake Superior.
December 26-27 2021 16 and 17th Severe Storm of the year
storms brought 30-55 mph wind gusts
and 0.25-0.30" size hail causing power outages.
storms between 1:50 and 2:00am
brought hail and 45+ mph gusts
storms between 4:20 and 4:35am
brought hail and 50+ mph gusts
Storms during 2021 storm season were weird because it was like every 2 weeks we get a strong storm after July 2021, between August 9-10th was the strongest storms of the year because the storm on the night of August 9th caused Bridgeman Mi to get 6-7" of rain in 2 hours, the storm on August 10th brought a 65+ mph wind gust into Stevensville Mi causing more damage.
Southern Berrien County got 13+ storms this year
The two December outbreaks was the first ever December Derecho in the Midwest. The Deadly tornado outbreak was the deadliest tornado outbreak in the Mississippi and Ohio River Valley in December.
Dangerous and Extreme Storms coming for 2022?
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