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 Jan 13, 4:18 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
.SHORT TERM... COLD AIR FILTERING INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH RAIN SNOW LINE FROM JACKSON TO PONTIAC TO SANDUSKY. THIS LINE WILL PROGRESS SOUTHEAST WITH RAIN SWITCHING TO SNOW IN DETROIT AROUND 6PM. UPPER LEVEL WAVE PUSHING NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS WITH SEVERAL LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON REPORTING MODERATE SNOW WITH VISBYS DOWN AROUND A HALF MILE. THIS BETTER SNOW IS OCCURRING ALONG AN AREA OF GOOD MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS THAT WILL WEAKEN AS IT WORKS NORTHEAST INTO OUR AREA. SNOW WILL TAKE A WHILE TO START ACCUMULATING THIS EVENING AS GROUND TEMPS ROSE TO AROUND 38 DEGREES TODAY. IT WILL LIKELY TAKE 1-2 HOURS AFTER THE CHANGE TO SNOW BEFORE ACCUMULATIONS START ON THE GRASSY AND COLD SURFACES. DESPITE THIS...BUFKIT TIME HEIGHTS SHOWING GOOD OMEGA EXTENDING INTO THE REGION OF GOOD SNOW GROWTH BELOW -14C. WITH THAT IN MIND EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE LONG ENOUGH INTO THE EVENING FOR ACCUMULATIONS WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS FROM I-94 NORTH TO THE TRI-CITIES AREA. THIS MAY MAKE FOR A SLICK COMMUTE FOR AREAS NORTH OF LIVINGSTON AND OAKLAND COUNTIES. WITH PRECIPITATION SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW HAVE DROPPED FLOOD WATCH BUT WILL CONTINUE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN CWA IN AREAS THAT MELTED THE MOST SNOW LAST NIGHT. ADDITIONAL QPF WILL BE BETWEEN .20 TO .40(FURTHER SOUTHEAST) IN MOST AREAS THIS EVENING. DRY AIR USHERS IN QUICKLY BEHIND THIS SYSTEM OVERNIGHT. EXPECT CLOUD COVER TO BE STARTING TO BREAK UP BY SUNRISE ALLOWING TEMPS TO DROP DOWN INTO THE LOWER TEENS. 850MB TEMPS WILL BE DOWN TO AROUND -20C OVER LAKE HURON SO WILL BE ABLE TO GENERATE SOME LAKE EFFECT SHOWERS ON FRIDAY. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BE ALMOST WESTERLY THOUGH SO THIS SNOW WILL FALL OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO. WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR BANDS OFF OF LAKE MICHIGAN BRINGING SOME CLOUDS AND FLURRIES TO SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN. && .LONG TERM... (FRIDAY NIGHT THRU THURSDAY) MODELS INDICATE 500 MB HEIGHTS TO SLOWLY FALL THOUGH SUNDAY...HELPING TO DRIVE BAROCLINIC ZONE FURTHER INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. SEVERAL UPPER WAVES ROTATING THROUGH THE DEEP TROF OVER THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH SUNDAY...HOWEVER THEY SHEAR OUT OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE SUNDAY NIGHT...AS VORT SHEAR AXIS FINALLY DROPS A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH. WILL CONTINUE WITH MENTION OF JUST FLURRIES FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA...IN AREA OF WEAK BUT PERSISTENT 850 MB FRONTOGENESIS AND RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF 300 MB JET. BAROCLINIC ZONE FURTHER SOUTH WITH THIS MODEL RUN AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AS WELL. EXTREMELY COLD AIR OVER LAKE MICHIGAN...BUT INVERSION HEIGHTS BELOW 3K FEET AND PERSISTENT WESTERLY FLOW...SO NOT MUCH CONTRIBUTION FROM THE LAKES. LACK OF LES AND LAKE CLOUDS OVER SOUTHEAST LOWER...SO WILL DROP TEMPERATURES 3-5 DEGREES BELOW GUIDANCE FOR BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH THE GFS A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH CLIPPER SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY. GFS CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST UNSTABLE OF THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS...FLIP FLOPPING FROM A MORE ZONAL TO A MORE AMPLIFIED PATTERN WITH THE 00Z CYCLE...SO WILL LEAN TOWARD SLIGHTLY WARMER EUROPEAN/CANADIAN GEM SOLUTIONS. HOWEVER ALL MODELS SHOW A TEMPORARY END TO SPLIT FLOW AND DRIVE THE SUBTROPICAL JET SOUTH TO THE GULF COAST WITH THE GREAT LAKES REMAINING IN THE POLAR BRANCH THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD...LOOKS LIKE A COLD WEEK AHEAD OF US. && .DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MI...NONE. .LAKE HURON...GALE WARNING...NORTH HALF OF LAKE HURON...TONIGHT. .LAKE ST CLAIR...NONE. .MI WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...NONE. && KEK/GSS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 430 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 MIZ069>070-075>076-082>083-141030- LENAWEE MI-MACOMB MI-MONROE MI-OAKLAND MI-WASHTENAW MI-WAYNE MI-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ADRIAN...ANN ARBOR...DETOIT... MONROE...MOUNT CLEMANS AND PONTIAC 430 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR FAR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM. ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS FROM DETROIT SOUTHWARD. AS ARCTIC AIR POURS INTO THE REGION TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BACK BELOW THE FREEZING MARK EARLY THIS EVENING. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ALSO WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW THE FREEZING MARK EARLY THIS EVENING...STANDING WATER WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY FREEZE. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ARCTIC AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH FRIDAY. FRIDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BACK INTO LOWER SINGLE DIGITS AND WIND SPEEDS WILL BE AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS TO APPROACH 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT PLANNED AT THIS TIME...BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OR FLOODING OBSERVED IN THE AREA. MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068-141030- BAY MI-GENESEE MI-HURON MI-LAPEER MI-LIVINGSTON MI-MIDLAND MI- SAGINAW MI-SANILAC MI-SHIAWASSEE MI-ST. CLAIR MI-TUSCOLA MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAD AXE...BAY CITY...CARO...FLINT... HOWELL...LAPEER...MIDLAND...OWOSSO...PORT HURON...SAGINAW AND SANDUSKY 430 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS FROM DETROIT SOUTHWARD. AS ARCTIC AIR POURS INTO THE REGION TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BACK BELOW THE FREEZING MARK EARLY THIS EVENING. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ALSO WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW THE FREEZING MARK EARLY THIS EVENING...STANDING WATER WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY FREEZE. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ARCTIC AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH FRIDAY. FRIDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BACK INTO LOWER SINGLE DIGITS AND WIND SPEEDS WILL BE AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS TO APPROACH 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT PLANNED AT THIS TIME...BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OR FLOODING OBSERVED IN THE AREA. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-441>443-462>464-141030- SAGINAW BAY-SOUTHERN LAKE HURON-LAKE HURON NEARSHORE FROM PORT AUSTIN TO PORT HURON-ST CLAIR RIVER-LAKE ST CLAIR-DETROIT RIVER-MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE- 430 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SAGINAW BAY...SOUTHERN LAKE HURON...THE ST CLAIR RIVER...LAKE ST CLAIR...THE DETROIT RIVER...AND THE MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LAKE HURON TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE SAGINAW BAY...THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKES HURON AND ERIE...AND FOR LAKE SAINT CLAIR THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DTX (ALL LOWER CASE)
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Lower Rouge River at Inkster went above its 10 foot flood stage at 5 pm EST on the 13th. The river crested at 11.05 feet at 915 am EST on the 14th, then fell back below flood stage at 10 pm EST on the 15th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 2005
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: 5436511.