Flood, Macomb
- When
- April 20, 7:00 PM EST to April 21, 4:30 AM EST
- Where
- Macomb forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.673, -82.910 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Michigan, April 20 to 21, 2000
58 inches of rain that fell in Detroit on the 20th was the most ever in April in Detroit on a single calendar day. In the northern suburbs, runoff pushed the Clinton River at Fraser out of its banks.
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.
The 3.58 inches of rain that fell in Detroit on the 20th was the most ever in April in Detroit on a single calendar day. In the northern suburbs, runoff pushed the Clinton River at Fraser out of its banks. The river rose above flood stage of 16 feet at 8 pm on the 20th. The river crested at 16.2 feet at 10 pm, then fell below flood stage at 530 am on the 21st.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 20, 2000
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 20, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 20, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 20, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 20, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, April 20, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 20, 2000
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 20, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Michigan, April 20, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 20, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, April 20, 2000
- Tornado in Missouri, April 20, 2000
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, April 2000
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: 5144370.