Is a thunderstorm in Michigan, in February, normal?

[Occulus]

I've lived in MI all my life, and right now, we are experiencing the first thunderstorm of the year.

MO had a TORNADO WATCH earlier, if it's not still going on.

Normal weather... or NOT? (I lean 'not'.)

[hwmnbn]

1. It is NOW!! ..... ....nt

[Paulie]

2. You have our leftovers

from Chicagoland. :)

Snowed this morning, now it's mud.

[Bobbie47]

3. We just

got out of a tornado watch here in Illinois.

NOT NORMAL

[Occulus]

10. Good God.

That's probably heading this way......

[Warpy]

4. It's just unusual

and certainly not unheard of.

I remember several intances of winter thunder in Boston from the late 60s on.

[slor]

5. I noticed my Brown-eyed Susans are coming up...

already.

[HereSince1628]

6. My thread on today's remarkable midwest weather got sent to the lounge

Apparently these threads don't meet the high standards of GD.

[DetroitProle]

7. NOT

Everyone's quite surprised here(well, the storms won't reach Detroit for a little while) but I have friends in Kalamazoo that are getting pounded.
Never in my life have I seen such weather!
This hasn't been a normal Michigan winter. January was incredibly mild(as opposed to temperatures hovering around zero the whole day). We've had little snow and no blizzards(we usually get at least one).
I'm going to wait to see how the rest of the winter plays out before I start freaking out, but so far, this isn't normal at all thus far. Unsettling.
Last summer was abnormally hot too.

[Occulus]

11. I'm in Portage; it just passed over us.

Quiet now, but ten minutes ago, it was thundering and pouring.

[MichiganVote]

8. I've seen this several times. Any kind of weather is "normal" in Mi

[Faygo Kid]

9. Lansing's under a tornado watch. This is ridiculous.

Here I am, with a possible tornado heading my way until 11 p.m. Just normal weather, even though in my five decades of life it's never happened before.

[twenty2strings]

12. But the upside is...

Weather fanatics like me will get a tour de force this year. Now THAT'S a guilty pleasure! :eyes:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

13. you got ours.

we had a violent storm pass through a few hours ago.
lotsa lights and sounds.

[Demeter]

14. We Had A Thunderstorm For XMas, Too

Don't you remember? Lightning during the day so bright it was noticable. I'm in Ann Arbor.

[EC]

15. Wisconsin too...

it's been wierd all day...started out with snow, than sleet and rain, then thunderstorms...