DAVISON TWP., MI – A severe thunderstorm that passed over mid-Michigan Thursday afternoon dropped tennis ball-sized hail in Davison Township.
Not even the strongest of umbrellas would have stood a chance.
Genesee County, along with 16 other Michigan counties, was given a hazardous weather outlook advisory from the National Weather Service shortly after noon on July 20.
A severe thunderstorm passed through Genesee County from approximately 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon.
MLive Meteorologist Mark Torregrossa predicted large hail throughout mid-Michigan and southeast Michigan before the storm this morning.
The hazardous weather outlook will remain in effect for portions of southeast Michigan between 1 p.m. and 8 p.m., according to NWS.
One of the above photos was submitted by Cristina Hollins-Boyd, who took the photo from the township around 3 p.m. on July 20. Another photo, submitted by Mitch Neeley in Davison, shows hail measuring nearly three inches wide.
Neeley, 53, was driving down the I-69 expressway when the storm started. Several vehicles pulled to the side of the road and his vehicle suffered some hail damage.
The hail even shattered the windshields of some of his neighbors off of State Road in Davison. Neeley said it was the largest hail he’s ever seen.
“This is the kind of thing you see in tornado alley, not in mid-Michigan,” he said.
Christian Thwing, 27, was working at Hank Graff Chevrolet in Davison when the storm passed through. A large piece of hail hit and damaged his windshield, leaving glass all over his driver’s seat. His entire vehicle was dented up, he said.
“It looks like I went to a baseball game and someone hit it over the fence,” Thwing said.
A power line went down in front of Madden’s Lounge at 809 North State Road.
Hail about the size of a marble fell in the city of Flint during the storm.
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