LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Thousands are already without power in parts of Mid-Michigan as potentially severe storms are expected to be present for the majority of the day Thursday.
The Storm Prediction Center has placed all of Mid-Michigan in the slight risk category (level 2 of 5) with damaging winds and being the main threat with a 15% probability of occurrence.
The storms Thursday morning provided around half an inch of rainfall across portions of Barry, Eaton, Ingham, Clinton, Livingston and Shiawassee counties. That leaves portions of Mid-Michigan with a marginal risk of flooding as we continue through the day.
Rain showers and storms end as go throughout tomorrow with much less severity chance through the day. Temperatures will also drop into the lower 80s to higher 70s across the region.
The storms knocked out power to thousands of homes in the area.
As of around 10:45 a.m., DTE reported 22,836 customers without power in Livingston County and 2,757 impacted in Ingham County.
Consumers Energy reports around 3,600 affected customers across the state. The following counties in and around Mid-Michigan had at least 100 Consumers Energy customers without power:
- Barry County: 612
- Calhoun County: 191
- Clinton County: 444
- Eaton County: 1,361
Lansing Board of Water & Light reported 92 customers with outages…