After storms pounded Southeast Michigan the night before, more storms rolled in the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 3, prompting tornado warnings in Wayne and Washtenaw counties that expired by early evening.
The National Weather Service reported widespread property damage, downed trees and power lines, stranded vehicles and flooding across Southeast Michigan.
NWS said it will survey storm damage on the east side of Detroit to determine whether it was caused by a tornado or strong winds.
The tornado warning for northeastern Washtenaw County, including Ann Arbor, Dixboro and Ypsilanti, was issued at 3:43 p.m. and remained in effect until 4:15 p.m., according to the NWS.
Wayne County was under a tornado warning from 3:47 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.
Southeastern Oakland County went under a tornado warning at 3:56 p.m. that remained in effect until 4:15 p.m.
In southwestern and south central Macomb County and eastern Lenawee County, the warning was in effect until 4:45 p.m.
A tornado warning was in effect until 5 p.m. in Monroe County.
A severe thunderstorm watch was in effect in Wayne, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, Monroe, Lenawee, Livingston, and St. Clair counties until 7 p.m. Thursday evening, according to the National Weather Service.
Officials earlier warned that heavy rainfall could cause flash flooding and urged drivers not to travel through flooded roadways.
Power outages
Over 300,000 DTE customers were without power as of 6:15 p.m., according to DTE’s outage map.
The utility company says more than 2,600 storm response workers are working to restore power, with another 800 field workers from outside Michigan on the way to assist. People are urged to stay at least 25 feet away from downed power lines.
The Consumers Energy outage map showed over 27,000 customers without power as of 6:15 p.m.