St. Clair County asks residents to email photos of storm damage

St. Clair County is asking residents who suffered property damage in Tuesday night's storm to email photos.

"If anyone in the Clay/Ira area has damage stories, pics, etc from last night’s storm, please forward them to damage@staircounty.org," St. Clair County Emergency Management Director Justin Westmiller said in a Facebook post.

Westmiller said he has staff out assessing damage from the storm. Among the damage was a house in Clay Township that was hit with lumber, causing roof damage, several boats flipped over and a garage that was destroyed.

The assessment will be passed onto the National Weather Service, Westmiller said, to help them determine if the damage was the result of straight winds or if the county was hit with a tornado.

The National Weather Service in Detroit had issued a special weather statement Tuesday warning southeastern Michigan, including Marine City, of winds up to 50 mph.

A small craft advisory was also issued Wednesday by the National Weather Service, warning for boats on Lake Huron between Saginaw Bay and Port Huron to stay off the river and advising boaters that winds may reach between 23 and 34 mph, and that waves may be as high as five feet.

Westmiller said an address with photos could help his staff assess the damage.

Contact Johnathan Hogan at jhogan@gannett.com.

This article originally appeared on Port Huron Times Herald: St. Clair County asks residents to email photos of storm damage