Flood, Lenawee
- When
- May 10, 8:00 AM EST to May 12, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lenawee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.895, -84.066 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Michigan, May 10 to 12, 1996
Heavy rains along a stationary front in southern Michigan resulted in flooding on the Raisin River at Tecumseh, in Lenawee county.
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 DTX wrote it up.
Heavy rains along a stationary front in southern Michigan resulted in flooding on the Raisin River at Tecumseh, in Lenawee county. The river went above its 9.0 foot flood stage at 0800 EST on the 10th, crested at 10.0 feet at 0200 EST on t
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
- Hail in Texas, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Tornado in Iowa, May 10, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, May 10, 1996
- Tornado in Illinois, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 10, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, May 10 to 11, 1996
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, May 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: 5555237.