Flash Flood in Leelanau County, Michigan

Flash Flood August 10, 2021 · Leelanau County, Michigan

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Water up to 6 inches deep flowing over some roads around Empire.

The wider storm

After a warm front mixed northward across northern Michigan during the day, a weak shortwave progressing overhead helped initiate storms along a weak boundary over Lake Michigan. This line of storms tracked eastward across the area, producing damaging winds into the early morning hours of 8-11. Training storms across parts of NW lower Michigan also produced heavy rainfall and flash flooding in multiple locations, including washing out a roadway in Antrim county that resulted in one injury.

Began near Empire (44.8107, -86.0598).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 983534. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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