Flood — Grand Traverse, Michigan

2023-10-24 · near Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan

Event narrative

Broadcast media video of street flooding at Spruce and Bay Streets in Traverse City.

Wider weather episode

A jet max punched over the northern Great Lakes on 10/24, helping to support multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms through the day. As the first round of storms moved east across the area through the morning, favorable warm and moist air advection helped spark a second round of storms along the existing outflow boundary from the first round. These west-east oriented storms tracked east over Leelanau and Grand Traverse counties, dropping a quick 1-2 inches of rainfall in about an hour overtop of previously saturated ground. This locally heavy rainfall resulted in flash flooding in Traverse City.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1146372. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.