Flash Flood, St. Joseph
- When
- June 17, 3:10 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- St. Joseph County, Three Rivers
- Coordinates
- 41.914, -85.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Michigan, June 17, 1996
Rainfall amounts over 2 inches were reported between Three Rivers and Mendon. Standing water 10 inches deep was reported in Three Rivers.
Where it happened
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- 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 GRR wrote it up.
Rainfall amounts over 2 inches were reported between Three Rivers and Mendon. Standing water 10 inches deep was reported in Three Rivers.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
Every storm in Michigan in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, June 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: 5561644.