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Lakeshore Flood — St. Clair, MI

Mar 29, 2020

Strong low pressure tracked through the Great Lakes region producing 1 to 2.5 inches of rainfall across southeast Michigan. As this system exited northeast, strong southwest to west-southwest winds followed during the daytime hours of Sunday, with gusts of 40 to 60 mph observed. Detroit Metro even had a higher wind gust of 62 mph reported around 230 PM in the afternoon. More than 15,000 DTE customers lost power across Metro Detroit. In addition, the strong southwest winds caused the water level

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 874718). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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