Flash Flood — Oakland, Michigan

2021-06-26 · near Oakwood, Oakland, Michigan

$2.0M

Property damage

Event narrative

Roads and basements became flooding across southern Oakland county as 3 to 4 inches of rain was reported.

Wider weather episode

After several weeks of moderate to severe drought conditions in Southeast Michigan, an active weather pattern brought widespread rainfall and flooding to Metro Detroit and surrounding areas during the weekend of June 25-27th. Low pressure tracking along a stalled stationary boundary interacted with a very moist subtropical air mass to produce widespread 3 to 5 inches of rainfall across Metro Detroit (localized 6 to 8 inches), resulting in numerous reports of major flooding within the Detroit metro vicinity, especially Washtenaw and Wayne Counties. In addition to the heavy rain, an EF-2 tornado was observed near Port Austin in Huron County during this event just before 5 pm EST on June 26th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 970145. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.