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Michigan Flood Stories

546 first-hand accounts of flood events in Michigan, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flood$250K damage

Tuscola, MI · Apr 10, 2013

A frontal boundary stalled over Michigan dropping 3 to 6 inches of rain. This resulted in the flooding of some rivers, streams and low-lying areas. Dozens of roads were closed across the following counties: Midland, Bay, Saginaw, Tuscola, Lapeer, and St. Clair.

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Flood$250K damage

Midland, MI · Apr 10, 2013

A frontal boundary stalled over Michigan dropping 3 to 6 inches of rain. This resulted in the flooding of some rivers, streams and low-lying areas. Dozens of roads were closed across the following counties: Midland, Bay, Saginaw, Tuscola, Lapeer, and St. Clair.

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Flood$4.6M damage

Mecosta, MI · Jan 30, 2013

Significant ice jam flooding occurred on the Muskegon River in Mecosta County. Evacuations occurred along the Muskegon River near Rogers Heights. Over a dozen homes were evacuated and flooded.

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Flash Flood

Dickinson, MI · May 12, 2022

An upper disturbance moving through a warm, moist and unstable environment set the stage for the development of isolated severe thunderstorms, heavy rainfall and flooding over portions of west and central Upper Michigan during the afternoon and evening of the 12th.

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Flash Flood$1.0M damage

Mecosta, MI · Apr 4, 2011

Thunderstorms produced one to three inches of rainfall over three to six hours. The heavy rain combined with melting snow to produce flash flooding of small creeks and streams from Hesperia in Oceana County east-northeast through central Mecosta County and into western Isabella…

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Flood$3.0M damage

Monroe, MI · Mar 10, 2009

Heavy rain fell between the 7th and 11th bringing 3 or more inches of rainfall to a good portion of southeast lower Michigan with the River Raisin basin getting hit the worst with 4 to 5 inches in that period.

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Flood$2.0M damage

Baraga, MI · May 12, 2003

On May 10th and 11th a deepening low pressure center moved northeast from the plains into eastern Upper Michigan. By the time the precipitation ended during the afternoon on 12th, Herman in Baraga Countyhad received an impressive 4.88 inches of rain.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Marquette, MI · Jun 17, 2018

A very moist and unstable air mass in place and the presence of a nearly stationary frontal boundary produced several rounds of severe storms and flash flooding across portions of west and central Upper Michigan from the 16th into the 17th.

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Flash Flood$5.0M damage

Ingham, MI · Jul 27, 2011

Several rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms moved across southwest lower Michigan from July 27 to July 29, flooding roadways and intersections across areas near to mainly south of Interstate 96.

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Flood$85K damage

Delta, MI · Apr 11, 2014

A brief warm spell following a record cold winter resulted in an unusually significant ice break up on Delta County streams and tributaries on the 11th.

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Flood$150K damage

Saginaw, MI · Apr 10, 2013

A frontal boundary stalled over Michigan dropping 3 to 6 inches of rain. This resulted in the flooding of some rivers, streams and low-lying areas. Dozens of roads were closed across the following counties: Midland, Bay, Saginaw, Tuscola, Lapeer, and St. Clair.

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Flash Flood$1.2M damage

Sanilac, MI · Aug 2, 2006

A cold front moved through the area during the evening of August 2nd and finally brought an end to the five day heat wave that had plagued southeast Michigan.

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Flood$3.6M damage

Ottawa, MI · Dec 27, 2008

Most of southwestern lower Michigan had a substantial snowpack on the ground on Christmas Day. Most if not all of that snowpack melted as a result of warm temperatures, high winds and rain after Christmas.

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Flood$1.1M damage

Wayne, MI · Feb 17, 1998

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.

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Flood$1.0M damage

Eaton, MI · May 21, 2004

The biggest and longest duration flooding event in the past ten to twenty years occurred across southwestern and south central lower Michigan from May 20th through the third of June.

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Flood$1.0M damage

Barry, MI · May 21, 2004

The biggest and longest duration flooding event in the past ten to twenty years occurred across southwestern and south central lower Michigan from May 20th through the third of June.

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Flood$1.0M damage

Jackson, MI · May 21, 2004

The biggest and longest duration flooding event in the past ten to twenty years occurred across southwestern and south central lower Michigan from May 20th through the third of June.

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Flood$1.0M damage

Kalamazoo, MI · May 21, 2004

The biggest and longest duration flooding event in the past ten to twenty years occurred across southwestern and south central lower Michigan from May 20th through the third of June.

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Flood$1.0M damage

Calhoun, MI · May 21, 2004

The biggest and longest duration flooding event in the past ten to twenty years occurred across southwestern and south central lower Michigan from May 20th through the third of June.

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Flood$1.0M damage

Van Buren, MI · May 21, 2004

The biggest and longest duration flooding event in the past ten to twenty years occurred across southwestern and south central lower Michigan from May 20th through the third of June.

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Flood$1.0M damage

Ottawa, MI · May 21, 2004

The biggest and longest duration flooding event in the past ten to twenty years occurred across southwestern and south central lower Michigan from May 20th through the third of June.

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Flood$1.0M damage

Mason, MI · May 23, 2004

The biggest and longest duration flooding event in the past ten to twenty years occurred across southwestern and south central lower Michigan from May 20th through the third of June.

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Flood$1.0M damage

Lake, MI · May 23, 2004

The biggest and longest duration flooding event in the past ten to twenty years occurred across southwestern and south central lower Michigan from May 20th through the third of June.

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Flood$1.0M damage

Osceola, MI · May 23, 2004

The biggest and longest duration flooding event in the past ten to twenty years occurred across southwestern and south central lower Michigan from May 20th through the third of June.

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