Yesterday evening, West Michigan experienced a significant squall line of severe thunderstorms that swept through the region. 

The system crossed over Lake Michigan after 5:00 p.m. and moved east across the state. The line of storms brought damaging winds that knocked down small trees, rain that washed out seasonal roads, and lightning that knocked out power. 

Top gusts in the state reached 96 mph down at the airport in Jackson. In West Michigan, a gust of 81 mph was unofficially recorded at the Gerald R. Ford Airport in Grand Rapids. 

Throughout the state, 21 different Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were issued by NWS Grand Rapids, including nine in the greater West Central Michigan region. Six tornado warnings were also issued, with one tornado unofficially touching down south of Croton at 6:05 p.m. No injuries were reported with the twister, but multiple trees and power poles were knocked down from the system.

The storms also led to significant power outages, affecting over 8,000 residents around Grand Rapids as of Monday morning. This makes over 200,000 combined outages across the state with the weekend’s north Michigan ice storms. 

More severe weather is also expected on Wednesday, Apr. 2. For hourly WeatherEye forecasts, listen in at the top of the hour on NewsRadio WBRN via 1460 AM and 107.7 FM.