May 18, 2020
Significant rainfall fell across all of Lower Michigan on May 17 and 18 with many locations in Southwest Lower Michigan reporting over 3 inches of rain. This was the culmination of an already wet week that had experienced three separate episodes of heavy rain. As a result, soil was already saturated and this additional rain immediately became runoff instead of soaking into the ground. There were many reports of road closures due to water over roads and some significant damage to homes which wer
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 890591). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Ionia County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.