May 12, 2000
A warm front moved north across lower Michigan on the 12th, ushering in another warm, muggy, unstable air mass. Thunderstorms developed northeast of Grand Rapids in the afternoon, then moved east toward the Saginaw Valley and Thumb areas. One storm evolved into a classic supercell, producing baseball sized hail from just east of Bay City to near Sebewaing. The supercell continued east across Huron County, and produced the first tornado of the severe weather season a few miles north of White R
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5144858). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Huron County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.