Digital Image Collection – 2014 Orion Storm

During the early evening of Saturday, April 12, 2014, a vicious straight line wind storm featuring 60-70 mph winds and hail drove through the Orion area. The storm began in western Michigan and swept through Genesee, Northern Oakland, Macomb and St. Clair counties. The area between the Oxford / Orion border and Clarkston Road was the hardest hit.

Independence Township

Mangled trampoline at the entrance to Heather Lakes Estates in Independence Township.

Lake Orion

Fallen tree resting on a wire and blocking the road at Jackson / Anderson intersection, Lake Orion.
Fallen tree held off the ground by wire, blocking intersection at Jackson and Anderson, Lake Orion.
Partially fallen tree arching over Lake Street, Lake Orion.
Downed tree resting on damaged room of a house on Lake Street, Lake Orion.
Snapped telephone pole on M24 in front of Kroger, Lake Orion.
Fox 2 News van stuck in mushy grass in front of Walgreens on M24 during post-storm coverage.
Hailstone buildup outside a garage on Ridgeview Cirle.
A tree buries a pontoon boat on Shore Drive near Lake Street, Lake Orion.
Snapped tree hit / damaged house before falling on a truck and trailer. Slater Street at Jackson Street, Lake Orion.
Resident Dennis Kingsbury holding a handful of marble-sized hailstones at Grampian Avenue, Lake Orion.
A snapped tree laying on top of a car parked in a driveway at Broadway Street and Church Street, Lake Orion.
Damaged steeple of Union Church, Lake Orion.
Fallen tree between two headstones in Evergreen Cemetery, Lake Orion.
Multiple snapped and fallen trees in Evergreen Cemetery, Lake Orion.
Fallen tree near Emmons family gravestones in Evergreen Cemetery, Lake Orion.
Several fallen trees in Evergreen Cemetery, Lake Orion.
A tree fallen between two gravestones in Evergreen Cemetery, Lake Orion.
Fallen tree resting on the headstone of John P. Kelly and Jane A. [name obscured] / Evergreen Cemetery, Lake Orion.
Downed / damaged Leo's Coney Island sign
Downed poles and lines in front of Pearl Vision / Pure Sleep on M24
Damaged pole and lines in front of Kroger at the corner of M24 and Elizabeth
Tree damage along Evergreen Cemetery fence line
A man and boy on a bench near an uprooted tree in Evergreen Cemetery
Fallen tree resting on the headstone "John P. Kelly and Jane A. [Maiden name obscurred] in Evergreen Cemtery
Fallen tree near "Rogers" headstone in Evergreen Cemetery
Snapped tree near "Casamer" headstone in Evergreen Cemetery
Several broken / fallen trees surrounding Howarth tree headstone
Snapped tree laying near "Tunison" headstone in Evergreen Cemetery
Snapped tree in Evergreen Cemetery
Uprooted tree near several gravestones in Evergreen Cemetery
Downed tree laying on / near several headstones in Evergreen Cemetery
Uprooted tree near a headstone (Buesser) in Evergreen Cemetery
Snapped and fallen trees in Evergreen Cemetery
Inside of a split tree in Evergreen Cemetery
Downed pole and wires laying on a smashed pickup truck in the BWW parking lot.
Damaged Buffalo Wild Wings sign, snapped poles, downed lines and vehicle damage.
Snapped poles and downed lines on M24 near Buffalo Wild Wings.

Oakland Township

Two trees blown down, one snapped at 2430 W. Predmore, Oakland Township.
Broken tree near the road / driveway entrance at 2430 W. Predmore, Oakland Township.
Snapped tree at 2430 W. Predmore, Oakland Township.

Orion Township

downed tree at Friendship Park, Orion Township.
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