Michigan, 1997

Flood in Michigan, March 14 to 17, 1997

March 14 to 17, 1997 · NWS DTX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

0 foot flood stage at 9 pm on the 14th. 1 feet at 9 am on the 17th, and fell back below flood stage at 4 pm on the 17th.

Where it happened

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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 Raisin River at Adrian went above its 11.0 foot flood stage at 9 pm on the 14th. The river crested at 12.1 feet at 9 am on the 17th, and fell back below flood stage at 4 pm on the 17th.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Lenawee

When
March 14, 9:00 PM EST to March 17, 4:00 PM EST
Where
Lenawee forecast zone
Coordinates
41.895, -84.066 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

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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: 5588842.