1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 31, 7:43 PM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 843 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2001 CLOUDS HAVE THICKENED UP SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING...AND SCATTERED SPRINKLES OR LIGHT SHOWERS HAVE INVADED SOUTHERN COUNTIES. LOTS OF VIRGA SEEN AT WHITE LAKE DTX...WITH EVENING SOUNDING SHOWING LOTS OF DRY AIR UP INTO THE MID LEVELS. WILL UPDATE FORECAST FOR THE OVERNIGHT TO MENTION SHOWERS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS OR WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AS LOW DRAWS CLOSER AND LOWER LAYERS MOISTEN BETTER. OTHERWISE LITTLE CHANGE FROM EARLIER THINKING. .DTX...NONE. DWD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Huron River at Hamburg continued its flood from May. The river crested at 6.71 feet at 8 am EDT on the 4th (flood stage is 6 feet), then fell below flood stage at 5 am EDT on the 15th. Some riverside docks and storage sheds were flooded by the river.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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