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Flood — Saginaw, MI

May 25, 2019

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain, with 1 to 4 inches reported, generally along and north of I-69. Locations across southeast Saginaw and southwest Tuscola counties saw the heaviest rain, just over 4 inches which caused significant flooding, resulting in at least 4.5 million dollars of damage. Numerous roads around Frankenmuth were flooded, but most of the road washouts and damage occurred across the county line in southwest Tuscola county.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 829994). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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