Flood, Genesee
- When
- December 24, 8:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Genesee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.022, -83.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Michigan, December 24, 1996
00 inches across across most of southeast Michigan. 0 foot flood stage at 8 am on the 24th.
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
- None recorded
- 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 DTX wrote it up.
A storm tracking northeast across western Michigan late on the 23rd and early on the 24th produced rainfall amounts of 0.50 to 1.00 inches across across most of southeast Michigan. The combination of rain and a melting snow pack brought the Kearsley Creek at Davison above its 8.0 foot flood stage at 8 am on the 24th. The river crested at 8.3 feet at around 2 pm on the 24th, then fell back below flood stage at 8 pm. No damage was reported.
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
- Ice Storm in Oregon, December 24, 1996
- Cold in North Dakota, December 24, 1996
- Cold in Minnesota, December 24 to 26, 1996
- Heat and High Wind in Massachusetts, December 24 to 25, 1996
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, December 24 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 24 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 24 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 24 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 24 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, December 24 to 25, 1996
- Winter Storm in Montana, December 24 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, December 24 to 25, 1996
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, December 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5581349.