BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) – A line of storms that featured lightning, heavy rain and strong winds roared through Branch County Friday morning.
The storms knocked out power for hundreds of Consumers Energy customers. The largest outages were reported east of Bronson, south of Lake of the Woods and south of Marble Lake.
Over 500 customers in Branch County were without power at mid morning.
The utility reported on its web site that the power was almost fully restored by noon on Friday.
There were reports of trees being knocked down which kept the Branch County Road Commission busy.
The Branch County Memorial Airport recorded a wind gust of 31 miles an hour at 7:35 a.m..
The storms brought some much needed rain to the area especially since the northern part of Branch County is now considered to be in a severe drought according to the latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor.
The M.S.U. Extension Service Weather Station at the Bloom Dairy Farm measured .34 of an inch of rain between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.. As of noon, .46 of an inch of rain had been measured for Friday which brought June’s total up to 1.58 inches.
There were no severe weather watches or warnings issued by the National Weather Service before the storms went through Branch County.
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