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Flash Flood — Wayne, MI

Jun 12, 1999

Yet another hot and humid day for southeast Michigan, producing an unstable atmosphere prone to thunderstorm development. The first thunderstorms developed early in the afternoon along lake breeze boundaries off of Lake Erie and Lake St Clair. Additional storms developed along the outflow boundaries from the initial thunderstorms, and things quickly snowballed from there.Most of the severe thunderstorms produced either marginally severe hail, or damaging wind gusts that downed trees and power

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5706310). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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