Flash Flood — Leelanau, Michigan

2021-08-10 · near Empire, Leelanau, Michigan

Event narrative

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

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 983534. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.