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Flash Flood — MacOmb, MI

Aug 28, 2020

A very moist and unstable airmass accompanying a stalled stationary boundary resulted in multiple rounds of thunderstorms beginning during the early morning hours of August 28, 2020 and continuing into the evening hours. During the morning hours, several of these thunderstorms repeatedly trained over the same areas, resulting in 2-4+ inches of rain in just a few hour's time and numerous reports of flooding especially in the greater Detroit metro region. As daytime instability increased during th

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 914215). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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