The storms accompanied by deep and booming thunder, lightning exhibitions and powerful winds swept parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, northern Indiana and Michigan during the night, leaving dozens of trees and thousands of houses without power.
The National Meteorological Service issued warnings and observations of tornadoes throughout the region on Thursday night until Friday. According to the reports, two tornadoes landed in the center of Wisconsin. No injuries have been reported.
The surveys were on Friday of damage in Michigan to determine if any tornado was played there, according to Steven Freitag, a meteorologist of the National Meteorological Service in the municipality of White Lake, northwest of Detroit.
The storms were fed by temperatures in the lower 80s that extended from Illinois to Michigan and were activated by a cold front that was carried out, Freitag said.
A 76 mph wind burst (122 kph) was reported on Thursday night in Battle Creek, Michigan, while Grand Haven, Michigan, recorded a 68 mph burst (109 kph).
The storms lost their intensity when they moved more to the east, Freitag added.
Indiana Michigan Power, who attends northern Indiana and southwest of Michigan, reported Friday morning that more than 31,000 homes and businesses did not have electricity. That includes about 90% of the customers of southwest Michigan of the public services company.
The storms initially knocked out the power to 35,000 clients. The damage included fallen trees and electric lines, and broken utility posts.
Around 216,000 energy consumers clients in Michigan also lost energy.
Comedes teams in Illinois were working on Friday to restore power to about 73,000 more than 155,000 clients who initially lost service on Thursday, the public services company said. He said that Chicago, Joliet and Crestwood were among the most affected areas.
The threat of severe climate in Chicago delayed a Beyonce concert in approximately two hours on Thursday in Soldier Field.
Freitag said the main cold front was still moving east on Friday. It was expected that severe thunderstorms continue through parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, southern Illinois and southern Indiana, said the meteorological service.
These storms could produce some winds of hurricane force, tornadoes and hail of the size of a baseball.
“This will include intense supercells associated with tornadoes, large hail and wind damage,” said the weather service on its website of the storm prediction center. “Several strong tornadoes are expected, and a long -range tornado will be possible.”
