Flood, Shiawassee
- When
- February 27, 11:00 PM EST to February 28, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Shiawassee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.954, -84.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Michigan, February 27 to 28, 1997
0 foot floodstage at 11 pm EST on the 27th. Rain developed during the afternoon on the 26th and continuedthrough the morning on the 27th as low pressure tracked northeastfrom the central plains across central Michigan.
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.
The Shiawassee River at Owosso went above its 7.0 foot floodstage at 11 pm EST on the 27th. The river remained at 7.0feet until 4 am EST on the 28th, before falling back belowflood stage.Rain developed during the afternoon on the 26th and continuedthrough the morning on the 27th as low pressure tracked northeastfrom the central plains across central Michigan. Rainfallamounts ranged from 1.00 to 1.50 inches from the Detroit area south to the Ohio state-line. The ground was already saturated and rivers were running near bankfull from heavy rains just a few days previously. As a result, some river flooding occurred.
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
- Dense Fog in New York, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in New York, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27 to 28, 1997
- High Wind in Michigan, February 27, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, February 27 to 28, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27 to 28, 1997
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, February 1997
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: 5588292.