Jun 17, 2018
A very moist and unstable air mass in place and the presence of a nearly stationary frontal boundary produced several rounds of severe storms and flash flooding across portions of west and central Upper Michigan from the 16th into the 17th. The hardest-hit area was in Houghton County where widespread rain amounts of 3 to almost 7 inches caused massive flood damage to the City of Houghton and surrounding areas and resulted in one fatality.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 759372). 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.