Flash Flood, Cass
- When
- June 9, 10:30 PM EST to June 10, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cass County, Dowagiac
- Coordinates
- 41.915, -85.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Michigan, June 9 to 10, 1996
5 inches by 1030 PM EST began to cause flooding of roads near Dowagiac. At 1210 AM EST, a major road washout occurred at the intersection of Union Road and Chapel Hill Street.
Where it happened
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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 of more than 1.5 inches by 1030 PM EST began to cause flooding of roads near Dowagiac. By 300 AM EST, rainfall totals were estimated between 2.0 and 3.0 inches, and the area affected reached from near Keeler through Dowagiac to Cassopolis and Union.At 1210 AM EST, a major road washout occurred at the intersection of Union Road and Chapel Hill Street.
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
- Tornado in Virginia, June 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 9, 1996
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 9, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 9, 1996
- Flood in Indiana, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 9 to 10, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, June 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 9, 1996
More
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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: 5561638.