Flash Flood, Chippewa
- When
- June 2, 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Chippewa County, Sault Ste Marie
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.328, -84.529 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Michigan, June 2, 1999
Rainfall began late in the morning across eastern upper Michigan. Spotter reports and WSR-88D rainfall estimates indicated 2 to 5 inches of rain over eastern portions of the county.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- 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 APX wrote it up.
Rainfall began late in the morning across eastern upper Michigan. Spotter reports and WSR-88D rainfall estimates indicated 2 to 5 inches of rain over eastern portions of the county. The bulk of of the rain fell within a fairly short time frame (3 to 6 hours). Some roadways flooded and a few dirt roads washed out from Rudyard and Kinross northward along I-75 and M-129 to Sault Ste. Marie. Roadway flooding was also reported on Sugar Island. The only report of flood damage to property came from Sugar Island, where a garage floor had some standing water on it. The home suffered no monetary damage, and no businesses were affected.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, June 2 to 30, 1999
- Dense Fog in California, June 2, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 2, 1999
- Hail in California, June 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 2 to 14, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 2 to 10, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 2, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 2, 1999
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 2, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, June 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, June 1999
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: 5699631.