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 16, 10:43 AM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1143 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2001 FORTUNATELY FOR FLOOD CONCERNS...CONVECTION WITH DYING MCS WEAKENED A LOT AS IT MOVED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MI THIS MORNING. ATTENTION NEXT TURNS TO REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL. AIR MASS HAS STABILIZED...AND SEE LITTLE POTENTIAL FOR REDEVELOPMENT THROUGH AT LEAST MID AFTERNOON. NEW ETA/MESOETA ACTUALLY LOOKING DRY THIS AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE TO CALL FOR CHANCE REDEVELOPMENT LATE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...AS LONG DAYLIGHT HOURS MAY PERMIT RECOVERY OF ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION WITH FRONT JUST OFF TO THE WEST. MAY SEE SOME SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL HOLD WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY...AS ANY BREAKS WILL TEND TO FILL IN. .DTX...NONE. DWD
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-171200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1148 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2001 ...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN... DISPATCHERS...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IMMEDIATELY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING OVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE SOUTH OF AN OWOSSO TO MONROE LINE...WHERE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY. A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENED AS IT MOVED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN THIS MORNING. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION SERVED TO STABILIZE THE AIR MASS OVERHEAD...SO THAT NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FIRE AGAIN BEFORE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL LIKELY PROMOTE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AFTER 4 PM. THAT PART OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN SOUTH OF AN OWOSSO TO MONROE LINE COULD SEE A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 4 PM AND MIDNIGHT...WITH DIME SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH BOTH POSSIBLE. SOME CITIES WITHIN THE THREAT AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE HOWELL...ANN ARBOR...ADRIAN AND DUNDEE. ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT PEA SIZED HAIL AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM 4 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ONLY AROUND 10 MPH...SO HEAVY LOCAL RAINFALL OF AROUND AN INCH IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE PRESENT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET... FOR THE VERY LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...INCLUDING ANY WARNINGS WHICH MAY BE ISSUED. DWD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Saline River near Saline rose above flood stage of 10 feet at 1 pm EDT on the 16th. The river crested at 11.6 feet at 8 pm, then fell back below flood stage at 2 pm on the 17th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, May 2001
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: 5245993.