Flood, Delta
- When
- April 20, 12:00 PM EST to April 27, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Delta forecast zone
- Property damage
- $800,000
- Coordinates
- 45.792, -86.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Michigan, April 20 to 27, 1996
Rapid snowmelt combined with rain pushed the Escanaba River above flood stage on the 20th near Cornell. Flooding occuredduring this period to the Escanaba and Ford Rivers along with numerous small streams.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $800,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
Rapid snowmelt combined with rain pushed the Escanaba River above flood stage on the 20th near Cornell. Flooding occuredduring this period to the Escanaba and Ford Rivers along with numerous small streams. The flooding closed up to 24 roads at the height of the flooding on the 21st and washed out several roads. The most severe washout occured on Highway M35 near Portage Creek south of Escanaba. The flooding was confined to roads, yards and basements. Most of the damage was to washed out roads.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 20, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, April 20, 1996
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 20, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, April 20, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, April 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 20, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, April 20, 1996
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, April 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 20, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, April 20, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, April 20, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, April 20, 1996
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, April 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5578741.