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 24, 12:45 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 145 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 .DISCUSSION... UPPER TROF BEGINNING TO MOVE EAST OF THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES REGION...HOWEVER ASSOCIATED CLOUD SHIELD EXTENDING WEST INTO WISCONSIN AND LITTLE SUN FOR THIS AFTERNOON...EXCEPTION MAY BE FAR SOUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MUCH COOLER DEW POINTS ALSO FILTERING INTO CWA BEHIND COLD FRONT PROVIDING A STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER FOR THIS AFTN. MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THROUGH 84 HOURS...MAIN CONCERN WILL BE DEVELOPMENT OF MCS OVER THE WESTERN OHIO/MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EASTWARD PROPAGATION OVERNIGHT. MODELS SHOWING MCS FIRING WHERE 850 JET OVERRUNS STALLED OUT WARM FRONT OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI/SOUTHERN IOWA...850-300 MB THICKNESS/CORFIDI VECTORS SHOW EASTWARD PROPAGATION ACROSS THE NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL ALSO HELP TO HOLD THE WARM FRONT SOUTH OF MICHIGAN AND THUS LIMIT CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY/THETA-E ADVECTION IN SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN ON TUESDAY. STILL CONCERNED WITH MCS DEBRIS THOUGH FROM PTK SOUTHWARD. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WATCH. SURFACE WAVE DEVELOPING ALONG COLD FRONT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS FRONT BECOMES A LITTLE MORE PARALLEL TO MID LEVEL FLOW...THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PROLONG CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO TIER OF COUNTIES AS WELL. FORTUNATELY COLD POOL STAYS WELL NORTH OF CWA...LIMITING MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND ASSOCIATED ELEVATED INSTABILITY. 700 MB WIND FIELD INCREASING TO ABOUT 35 KTS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH CAPES LESS THAN 1000J/KG...THUS ANTICIPATE CONVECTION TO STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. FRONT SHOULD DROP WELL SOUTH OF CWA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL ALSO LIMIT INSTABILITY WITH NEXT WAVE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND HOLD QPF DOWN...AS SOUTHERN EDGE OF WESTERLIES DROP WELL SOUTH OF MICHIGAN. MOS GUIDANCE TEMPS SIMILAR...WELL LEAN TOWARD HIGHER MET POPS THOUGH. && .DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && GSS EXPERIMENTAL GRAPHICAL FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DTX (ALL LOWER CASE)
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 410 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 MIZ068>070-075-076-082-083-251000- LENAWEE-LIVINGSTON-MACOMB-MONROE-OAKLAND-WASHTENAW-WAYNE- 410 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING OR PRODUCE NEW FLOODING. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH LOWER MICHIGAN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL TRIGGER THE THUNDERSTORMS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON THURSDAY...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-251000- BAY-GENESEE-HURON-LAPEER-MIDLAND-SAGINAW-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE- ST. CLAIR-TUSCOLA- 410 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH LOWER MICHIGAN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL TRIGGER THE THUNDERSTORMS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON THURSDAY...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GSS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Tittabawassee River at Midland went above its 24 foot flood stage at 6 pm EST on the 24th. The river crested at 25.50 feet at 1245 pm EST on the 25th, then fell back below flood stage at 741 am EST on the 26th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, May 2004
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: 5399997.