Flood — Grand Traverse, Michigan

2023-09-06 · near (tvc)traverse City A, Grand Traverse, Michigan

Event narrative

Photos of water covered roads at intersection of Front Street and Garfield in Traverse City.

Wider weather episode

A relatively weak shortwave rotated over the Great Lakes during the day, setting up unidirectional southwest flow amidst a moisture-rich environment that allowed for multiple clusters of thunderstorms to track over areas near Grand Traverse Bay. There storms produced very efficient rainfall over several hours during the afternoon, leading to multiple reports of flooding and measured rainfall totals exceeding 7 inches in Leelanau county.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1136184. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.