Michigan, 2001

Flood in Michigan, February 10 to 11, 2001

February 10 to 11, 2001 · NWS DTX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$30,000
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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Detroit, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 10, 11:30 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 11:30 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1130 AM EST SAT FEB 10 2001

LES BAND BECOMING MORE MULTIPLE IN NATURE LATE THIS MORNING OVER
SHIAWASSEE, LIVINGSTON AND WASHTENAW. A COUPLE REPORTS OF AN INCH OF
SNOW OR SO WITH THIS ACTIVITY EARLIER THIS MORNING. CURRENT TRENDS
SUPPORT IDEA OF A DISSIPATION TO FLURRIES BY LATE AFTERNOON.
OTHERWISE, MORNING PACKAGE IN GOOD SHAPE AS STRATOCU HAS FORMED UP
QUITE NICELY ACROSS MOST OF THE FA AND TEMPERATURES ON TRACK.
UPDATED ZONE PACKAGE ALREADY ON THE STREET ADDRESSING ABOVE TOPICS.

SEVERAL RIVERS CONTINUE IN FLOOD LATE THIS MORNING. SEE ARBFLWDTX (WGUS43)
AND ARBFLSDTX (RWUS42) FOR8 DETAILS. GALES HAVE BEEN LIFTED FROM
HURON AND ST CLAIR.

.DTX...NONE.

JW

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, Tuscola

When
February 10, 1:00 PM EST to February 11, 2:00 PM EST
Where
Tuscola forecast zone
Property damage
$30,000
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
43.491, -83.440 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Cass River in Vassar exceeded flood stage of 14 feet at 1 pm on the 10th. It crested at 14.8 feet at 2 pm on the 11th.The flood waters of the Cass covered two streets in downtown Vassar. Roads and basements were flooded across the Cass City area after almost two inches of rain. One motorist had to rescued when she tried to drive across a flooded road. Water poured into the basement of the city movie theater, damaging records and other archives. Ten to twenty roads were closed across Tuscola County.

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: 5234328.