Flash Flood — Berrien, Michigan

1996-05-09 to 1996-05-10 · near South Half, Berrien, Michigan

Wider weather episode

Additional rain through the early morning hours of 2 to 4 inches resulted in some 24 hour totals between 8 and 9 inches as of 7am.Numerous rural roads were washed out, city streets and basements were flooded. Sawyer Road in Sawyer was covered with 2 feet of water. I-94 between mile markers 7 and 8 was under nearly a foot of water, and US-12 in Bakertown was covered with water. Over 100 miles of roads in the county were damaged. A total of 269 homes and 31 businesses also reported damage.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5555341. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.