Michigan, 2000

Flash Flood and Flooding in Michigan, June 25, 2000

June 25, 2000 · NWS DTX · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

Showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain marched across southeast Michigan, south of Interstate 69, in the early morning hours of the 25th. 40 inches in Walled Lake.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$185,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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.

Showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain marched across southeast Michigan, south of Interstate 69, in the early morning hours of the 25th. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches were common; the highest rainfall total was 3.40 inches in Walled Lake. Flash flooding in Auburn Hills washed out the entrance ramp from southbound Lapeer Road to Interstate 75. A creek in Rochester Hills flooded into a parking lot, damaging 5 cars. Otherwise, the main result was a lot of standing water. Some low-lying roads were closed for much of the 25th, including Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield, and Halstead Road in Farmington Hills. In Ann Arbor, Newport Road was closed after a section of it collapsed; a rusted culvert was blamed. Westbound Interstate 94, on the west side of Ann Arbor, was closed for much of the 25th, as water covered the road.Runoff from the heavy rain caused some rivers to flood (see below).

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:01 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Washtenaw

When
June 25, 1:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where
Washtenaw forecast zone
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
42.253, -83.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Oakland

When
June 25, 1:00 AM EST to 4:00 AM EST
Where
Oakland County, 3 mi NE of Pontiac
Property damage
$125,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
42.660, -83.386 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Oakland

When
June 25, 4:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where
Oakland forecast zone
Property damage
$40,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
42.660, -83.386 (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.
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.

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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: 5150941, 5150943, 5150942.