Tom O'Hare

Northern Michigan has been dealing with warm weather for a very long time now. This past month was no surprise! The month was full of ups and downs. The month started active with strong storms and even 1 storm strong enough to produce a tornado. On June 5th, a weak tornado was reported in Roscommon County at the Forest Dunes Golf Club. Officially, an EF-0 tornado with winds of up to 80 mph caused damage at the golf club.

Expand There’s no doubt it was an active day across the region. There were a few thunderstorms but most were not severe. This initial report was of numerous trees down at the Forest Dunes Golf Club. Winds were showing some rotation around that time. The atmosphere was far from ideal to develop a tornado but evidence shows it was enough. The National Weather Service (NWS) from the Gaylord Office went to investigate shortly after the report came in.