Flood — Luce, Michigan

2023-04-17 to 2023-04-25 · near Newberry, Luce, Michigan

Event narrative

A few secondary roads were closed north of Newberry due to snowmelt runoff over the roads.

Wider weather episode

Rapid melting of much above normal snowpack caused widespread, and at times, extensive flooding over portions of west and central Upper Michigan from the 12th into the 25th. Extensive impacts from the flooding caused Governor Whitmer to declare a state of emergency declaration for eight counties in west and central Upper Michigan on the 21st.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1093903. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.