Flash Flood — Charlevoix, Michigan

2012-06-18 · near Charlevoix, Charlevoix, Michigan

Event narrative

High water closed US-31 between Garfield and St Marys in the city of Charlevoix.

Wider weather episode

A warm front allowed warm and moist air to surge north into Northern Michigan. Initial thunderstorms developed in Eastern Upper Michigan in the afternoon; some of these produced large hail. Incoming thunderstorms organized into a line as they crossed Northern Lake Michigan; this squall line produced many reports of 40 to 55mph winds, but only a few pockets of wind damage, in addition to a single tornado.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 394777. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.