May 15, 2003
When the Mother's Day storm runoff from the Huron Mountains overwhelmed a dike holding back Silver Lake in northwest Marquette County, a wave of water inundated the Dead River basin all the way to Lake Superior in Marquette. A number of roads and bridges were washed out by the flood waters. Officials in the city of Marquette issued a mandatory evacuation order for about 1800 people living north of Wright Street. The Presque Isle Power Plant at the Upper Harbor in Marquette was flooded and shut
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5356362). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Marquette County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.