Flood, Wayne
- When
- November 7, 9:00 PM EST to November 8, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.285, -83.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Michigan, November 7 to 8, 1996
A slow moving cold front brought heavy rains to southeast Michigan on the 7th. 87 inches.
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
- 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.
A slow moving cold front brought heavy rains to southeast Michigan on the 7th. The total at the National Weather Service office in White Lake reached 1.87 inches. The Middle Rouge River at Garden City exceeded its 7.0 foot flood stage at 9 pm EST on the 7th cresting at 7.1 feet during the early morning hours on the 8th. The river went back below flood stage at 11 am on the 8th. Some minor flooding occurred along the Edward Hines Parkway.
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
- Tornado in Georgia, November 7 to 8, 1996
- Tornado in Tennessee, November 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, November 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, November 7, 1996
- Ice Storm in Alaska, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, November 7, 1996
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, November 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, November 7, 1996
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, November 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: 5569634.