Midland storm history

The failure of Edenville Dam lead to the failure of the Sanford Dam downstream and historic flooding along the Tittabawassee River as the river stage at Midland reached 35.05 feet on May 20th. Widespread homes and businesses suffered damage. Two bridges were washed away and the h…

The Sanford Dam failed due to the failure of the Edenville Dam upstream in response to widespread heavy rain. This lead to historic flooding along the Tittabawassee River as the river stage at Midland reached 35.05 feet on May 20th. Approximately 1000 buildings or homes were seve…

Widespread flooding closed over 100 roads across Bay, Midland, and Saginaw Counties.

Five to eight inches of rain fell, leading to widespread major flooding. 57 homes were destroyed with over 1900 homes damaged. 193 roads and bridges damaged or destroyed.

The Tittawassee River at Midland crested at 28.37 feet on April 20th at 5Z.

Snowfall totals of 7.5 inches just west of Midland.

Sporadic tree damage, with a number of large trees uprooted and tree limbs downed across the neighborhood. Some of the tree damage resulted in downed power lines. Minor property damage occurred where downed trees or tree limbs fell on power lines, forcing the lines to disconnect …

Trees and power lines reported down.

Trees and power lines.

Trees reported blown down.

Multiple large trees and power lines reported down across Midland County.

Numerous trees and power lines reported down in Larkin Township.

Several large tree branches observed down.

Wires reported down.

Large tree branches downed on a house and on wires.

A tree was reported down.

Multiple trees and wires reported down in Jerome Township.

Multiple trees and wires reported down in city of Midland.

Large tree limbs were observed snapped.

Multiple reports of trees and power lines down.

Reports of several trees and power lines down in Larkin Township.

Several trees and power lines reported down.

Several trees reported blown down.

Numerous power lines down.

Numerous power lines down.

Numerous power lines down.

Numerous trees down.

Numerous trees reported down.

Eight inch diameter tree blown down, along with numerous small branches.

The flooding from the failure of the Edenville and Sanford Dams was slow to recede, with road closures persisting for days.