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Flash Flood — Oakland, MI

Jul 28, 2000

An upper level low pressure system was entrenched in the western Great Lakes, maintaining cool air aloft across the region. Thunderstorms developed in the heat of the day, with the most widespread activity developing along the Lake Michigan lake breeze boundary in western lower Michigan. These storms organized as they moved slowly but steadily eastward, evolving into a squall line that crossed southeast Michigan in the late afternoon and early evening hours.Several of the thunderstorms became

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5163844). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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