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Flash Flood — Livingston, MI

Aug 12, 2021

Two rounds of thunderstorms impacted Southeastern Michigan on August 11: the first during the afternoon and the second during the late evening into the following morning. The first round produced widespread severe wind gusts across the area between 3 and 5pm as a well-organized line swept eastward across the state. This line knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of customers as widespread tree and power line damage occurred. A wind gust of 75 mph was measured in Mt. Clemens. A lull in acti

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 980294). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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