546 first-hand accounts of flood events in Michigan, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Rainfall of 1 to 2 inches on the night of the 12th, along with nearly 2 inches of rainfall plus snowmelt during the previous week, led to moderate flooding along the Tittabawassee River from near the city of Freeland to Saginaw Township.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed along a stationary front that lay west to east across southern lower Michigan. Up to three inches of rain fell on the south side of Ann Arbor, producing basement flooding and sewer backups.
Read the full account →Persistent rain and embedded thunderstorms produced heavy rain in parts of central Lower Michigan. An observer in St Helen reported 5.79 inches of rain in the 24 hours preceding 8 am EDT on the 26th. Five inches of rain fell on Lupton, with 3.66 inches in Gladwin.
Read the full account →A warm front allowed warm and moist air to surge north into Northern Michigan. Initial thunderstorms developed in Eastern Upper Michigan in the afternoon; some of these produced large hail.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →Morning convection aided by a wave progressing overhead trained over a stretch of NW lower MI from Leelanau county to Kalkaska county, producing a swath of 2.5-4+ of rainfall with reported flash flooding in Traverse City.
Read the full account →A stalled low pressure system and frontal boundary across the southern Great Lakes region brought record rainfall to southeast Michigan beginning the morning of May 17, 2020 and continuing into the afternoon hours of May 19, 2020.
Read the full account →A winter storm tracking through southeast Michigan brought heavy rain and freezing rain, with about a quarter of an inch ice from US-10 south to about M-57. Many accidents and spin outs occurred across the Tri-Cities region and Flint vicinity due to the icy roads.
Read the full account →A winter storm tracking through southeast Michigan brought heavy rain and freezing rain, with about a quarter of an inch ice from US-10 south to about M-57. Many accidents and spin outs occurred across the Tri-Cities region and Flint vicinity due to the icy roads.
Read the full account →A winter storm tracking through southeast Michigan brought heavy rain and freezing rain, with about a quarter of an inch ice from US-10 south to about M-57. Many accidents and spin outs occurred across the Tri-Cities region and Flint vicinity due to the icy roads.
Read the full account →A winter storm tracking through southeast Michigan brought heavy rain and freezing rain, with about a quarter of an inch ice from US-10 south to about M-57. Many accidents and spin outs occurred across the Tri-Cities region and Flint vicinity due to the icy roads.
Read the full account →A winter storm tracking through southeast Michigan brought heavy rain and freezing rain, with about a quarter of an inch ice from US-10 south to about M-57. Many accidents and spin outs occurred across the Tri-Cities region and Flint vicinity due to the icy roads.
Read the full account →A winter storm tracking through southeast Michigan brought heavy rain and freezing rain, with about a quarter of an inch ice from US-10 south to about M-57. Many accidents and spin outs occurred across the Tri-Cities region and Flint vicinity due to the icy roads.
Read the full account →A winter storm tracking through southeast Michigan brought heavy rain and freezing rain, with about a quarter of an inch ice from US-10 south to about M-57. Many accidents and spin outs occurred across the Tri-Cities region and Flint vicinity due to the icy roads.
Read the full account →A winter storm tracking through southeast Michigan brought heavy rain and freezing rain, with about a quarter of an inch ice from US-10 south to about M-57. Many accidents and spin outs occurred across the Tri-Cities region and Flint vicinity due to the icy roads.
Read the full account →A winter storm tracking through southeast Michigan brought heavy rain and freezing rain, with about a quarter of an inch ice from US-10 south to about M-57. Many accidents and spin outs occurred across the Tri-Cities region and Flint vicinity due to the icy roads.
Read the full account →A winter storm tracking through southeast Michigan brought heavy rain and freezing rain, with about a quarter of an inch ice from US-10 south to about M-57. Many accidents and spin outs occurred across the Tri-Cities region and Flint vicinity due to the icy roads.
Read the full account →A winter storm tracking through southeast Michigan brought heavy rain and freezing rain, with about a quarter of an inch ice from US-10 south to about M-57. Many accidents and spin outs occurred across the Tri-Cities region and Flint vicinity due to the icy roads.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
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