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Flood in Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Flood October 24, 2023 · Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Broadcast media video of street flooding at Spruce and Bay Streets in Traverse City.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Traverse City (44.7711, -85.6381).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1146372. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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