546 first-hand accounts of flood events in Michigan, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Deep moisture, associated with the remnants of tropical system Barry, interacted with a slow moving cold front and resulted in numerous thunderstorms with intense rainfall for much of the afternoon west of US-23.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell over southeast Michigan from September 12th-14th, with widespread 3 to 6 inches reported. Isolated amounts around 8 inches were even reported across northwest Genesee County.
Read the full account →A warm and muggy airmass persisted over southeast Michigan. A complex of thunderstorms moved east across northern Michigan in the early morning hours.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain marched across southeast Michigan, south of Interstate 69, in the early morning hours of the 25th. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches were common; the highest rainfall total was 3.40 inches in Walled Lake.
Read the full account →A large area of thunderstorms developed over Lake Michigan late in the evening on the 12th, as very moist air surged into the region. These storms were severe as they moved onshore, producing damaging winds, large hail, and a brief tornado.
Read the full account →A warm front moved north across lower Michigan on the 12th, ushering in another warm, muggy, unstable air mass. Thunderstorms developed northeast of Grand Rapids in the afternoon, then moved east toward the Saginaw Valley and Thumb areas.
Read the full account →The fourth straight day with areas of heavy rain due to thunderstorms. One cluster of showers and thunderstorms persisted over Genesee County for much of the morning, dumping 2.65 inches of rain on Bishop Airport (after 2.26 inches the previous day).
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed along the lake breeze fronts as they moved inland off of Lakes Huron and St Clair. Several of these became marginally severe, producing hail up to the size of quarters. The largest hail fell in Washington Township in Macomb County.
Read the full account →A band of showers and thunderstorms moved across northern Lower Michigan during the early morning hours. These storms brought isolated severe weather and very heavy rainfall to the region. In many places the rain was welcome, as the first half of July had been quite dry.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front drifted into southeast Michigan during the late afternoon and early evening hours, igniting thunderstorms as it went. Only one storm became severe, dumping quarter-sized hail in Shelby Township, just north of Utica.
Read the full account →A cold front moved slowly south across southeast Michigan on the morning and afternoon of the 18th. Thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the front. A number of these became severe, producing marginally severe hail.
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system moved from Arkansas to the lower Ohio Valley on the 17th, then proceeded to the eastern Great Lakes on the 18th. Strong southerly flow ahead of the low advected high amounts of moisture toward the Great Lakes from the Gulf of Mexico.
Read the full account →Very warm and humid air, combined with several weak frontal boundaries across the region, allowed scattered thunderstorms to develop during the afternoon of the 21st. Some of these storms produced hail and very heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Yet another hot and humid day for southeast Michigan, producing an unstable atmosphere prone to thunderstorm development. The first thunderstorms developed early in the afternoon along lake breeze boundaries off of Lake Erie and Lake St Clair.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system was entrenched in the western Great Lakes, maintaining cool air aloft across the region. Thunderstorms developed in the heat of the day, with the most widespread activity developing along the Lake Michigan lake breeze boundary in western lower…
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system was entrenched in the western Great Lakes, maintaining cool air aloft across the region. Thunderstorms developed in the heat of the day, with the most widespread activity developing along the Lake Michigan lake breeze boundary in western lower…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed during the morning hours of the 15th, producing several reports of large hail and high winds. It was also a record rainfall event for the Grand Rapids area, and 4 to 5 inches of rain fell in less than 6 hours across much of southwestern and south central…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed during the morning hours of the 15th, producing several reports of large hail and high winds. It was also a record rainfall event for the Grand Rapids area, and 4 to 5 inches of rain fell in less than 6 hours across much of southwestern and south central…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed during the morning hours of the 15th, producing several reports of large hail and high winds. It was also a record rainfall event for the Grand Rapids area, and 4 to 5 inches of rain fell in less than 6 hours across much of southwestern and south central…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed during the morning hours of the 15th, producing several reports of large hail and high winds. It was also a record rainfall event for the Grand Rapids area, and 4 to 5 inches of rain fell in less than 6 hours across much of southwestern and south central…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed during the morning hours of the 15th, producing several reports of large hail and high winds. It was also a record rainfall event for the Grand Rapids area, and 4 to 5 inches of rain fell in less than 6 hours across much of southwestern and south central…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed during the morning hours of the 15th, producing several reports of large hail and high winds. It was also a record rainfall event for the Grand Rapids area, and 4 to 5 inches of rain fell in less than 6 hours across much of southwestern and south central…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed during the morning hours of the 15th, producing several reports of large hail and high winds. It was also a record rainfall event for the Grand Rapids area, and 4 to 5 inches of rain fell in less than 6 hours across much of southwestern and south central…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed during the morning hours of the 15th, producing several reports of large hail and high winds. It was also a record rainfall event for the Grand Rapids area, and 4 to 5 inches of rain fell in less than 6 hours across much of southwestern and south central…
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