Aug 1, 2018
After an abnormally dry July across lower Michigan, a low pressure system lifted up from the Ohio Valley and moved through extreme southeastern Michigan and brought some much needed rainfall. Showers on the afternoon and evening of July 31 and became heavier into the nighttime hours. As the center of the low pressure interacted with the marine layer over western Lake Erie shortly after midnight, a brief tornado formed over Wayne County despite relatively weak winds aloft. Heavy rain bands and t
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 773781). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Wayne County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.