The weather radar for Michigan looks ominous on Tuesday. By morning, much of the Lower Peninsula is blanketed in rain and dangerous weather is expected throughout the state.
According to the National Weather Service, Washtenaw, Lenawee and Monroe counties are under a severe thunderstorm warning until 12 p.m. A series of storms will mainly impact the area along and west of Interstate 75 and possibly bring damaging winds up to 60 mph, heavy rainfall, lightning, hail up to 1 inch and flooding.
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However, there is also a slight threat of severe thunderstorms across southeastern Michigan as the storm continues moving southeast.
Thunderstorms are expected Tuesday evening through Wednesday morning, but there is little risk for storms of severe intensity. The greatest threat will be along and south of I-94. Damaging winds up to 60 mph, hail around 1 inch and flooding are possible.
Be prepared for whatever the Michigan weather forecast has in store with live Doppler radar from the National Weather Service below. We also have resources on how to check the status of your power outage.
Michigan Weather Radar
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Power outages in Michigan
As of 8:15 a.m., Consumers Energy had 120,313 customers affected by power outages, while DTE had 1,845 customers without power as the line of storms approached the metro Detroit area.
Avoid Lake Michigan beaches during storms
The NWS is expecting dangerous waves and currents on Lake Michigan on Tuesday as a storm hits the state.
Michigan Meteorologist Bill Steffen reported storm surges on Lake Michigan at Holland State Park in Holland and said the water was still rising. He said waves rose from 3 feet to 7.2 feet in an hour, according to his post on X.