Strong winds from the northwest this afternoon knocked out power to several hundred Cloverland Electric customers in Mackinac and Chippewa counties. As of 6:30 p.m. over 600 customers still had no power.
Some areas saw wind gusts approaching 50 mph.
The Presque Isle was one of a few vessels that braved the winds and waves this afternoon.
Here are reported gusts as of 5 p.m.:
47mph SSM Ontario Airport
47mph Kinross
47mph Seney
46mph Dafter
45mph Pt. Iroquois Lighthouse
44mph Grand Marais
44mph Sanderson Field Airport SSM, MI
43mph Rock Cut/Barbeau
43mph Soo Junction
42mph West Pier Apts/West end of the Soo Locks
42mph DeTour Village
40mph Rudyard
37mph Newberry
For the Cloverland Electric Power Outage Map, click here.
