Sep 6, 1999
A slow moving cold front drifted into southeast Michigan during the late afternoon and early evening hours, igniting thunderstorms as it went. Only one storm became severe, dumping quarter-sized hail in Shelby Township, just north of Utica. The storms were slow moving, and so produced locally heavy rain. A spotter in Shelby Township measured 3.41 inches of rain as the storms passed. Flash flooding closed a new section of state highway 59 (M-59), near Mound Road just west of Utica. The flood
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5719166). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in MacOmb County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.