Flash Flood, Berrien
- When
- June 9, 9:00 PM EST to June 10, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Berrien County, New Buffalo
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 41.919, -86.428 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Michigan, June 9 to 10, 1996
Three inches of rain fell over the New Buffalo area between 9 and 10PM EST causing extensive flooding throughout the city. The city sewer system was unable to handle the rainfall which created backup flooding in many business and homes.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 GRR wrote it up.
Three inches of rain fell over the New Buffalo area between 9 and 10PM EST causing extensive flooding throughout the city. The city sewer system was unable to handle the rainfall which created backup flooding in many business and homes. City Hall suffered extensive flood damage causing a temporary relocation of some city offices.Flash flooding was also reported over the eastern half of Berrien county where water was reported covering many roadways, and ponding of water continued into the early morning hours. As a result of the heavy rains over parts of Berrien and Cass Counties, the St. Joseph River at Niles went above its flood stage of 11 feet, cresting at13.4 feet at 4PM EST on June 10. The river did not fall to below flood stage until June 12.
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
- Tornado in Virginia, June 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, 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: 5561639.