Flood, Tuscola
- When
- May 21, 7:00 AM EST to May 23, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tuscola forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Coordinates
- 43.491, -83.440 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Michigan, May 21 to 23, 1996
0 foot flood stage at 0700 EST on the 21st. 4 feet at 0900 EST on the 22d, and went back below flood stage at 1600 EST on the 23rd.
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
- $1.0 million
- 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 brought the Cass river at Vassar above its 14.0 foot flood stage at 0700 EST on the 21st. The river crested at 18.4 feet at 0900 EST on the 22d, and went back below flood stage at 1600 EST on the 23rd.
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
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, May 21, 1996
- Flood in Michigan, May 21 to 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, May 21, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 21, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, May 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 21, 1996
- Flood in Michigan, May 21 to 22, 1996
- Flood in Michigan, May 21, 1996
- Hail in Ohio, May 21, 1996
- Flood in Michigan, May 21, 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: 5555425.