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 14, 12:45 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1245 PM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 .AVIATION... NO AVIATION CONCERNS TODAY WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA. ONLY CONCERN IS WHETHER THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE IN PLACE FOR A LOW LEVEL BROKEN DECK TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AS INVERSION HEIGHTS SHRINK TO NEAR 2000 FEET. DONT FEEL THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE ACROSS THE SOUTH ONCE LOW LEVEL FLOW BACKS TO WESTERLY OFF OF LAKE MICHIGAN. THE CONCERN THEN BECOMES HOW MUCH LAKE EFFECT CLOUD WILL MAKE IT INTO KFNT AND KMBS. HAVE ADDED A BROKEN DECK OF MVFR TO ACCOUNT FOR MORE CLOUDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. && .UPDATE... ONLY CONCERN FOR TODAY IS KEEPING TRACK OF THE TEMPS AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST TOWARDS THE MIDWEST. MOST LOCATIONS ARE HOLDING STEADY OR FALLING VERY SLOWLY WITH WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE AREA RANGING FROM TEN ABOVE TO TEN BELOW. EXPECT TEMPS TO BE ALMOST STEADY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WITH A COUPLE DEGREE RISE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON HEATING PERIOD. WILL SEND OUT A QUICK UPDATE TO REFRESH WORDING. && .DISCUSSION...ISSUED AT 305 AM. SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN WILL BE IN A DEEP FREEZE OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS...AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH THE PERIOD. STRONG COLD ADVECTION CURRENTLY UNDERWAY...AS TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED INTO THE 20S. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL DURING THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE LEVELING OFF AND REBOUNDING SLIGHTLY WITH AFTERNOON SUNSHINE. THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS (OUTSIDE OF THE MINOR FLOODING) ARE TEMPERATURES AND THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER. WHAT IMPACT WILL THE GREAT LAKES HAVE ON MODIFYING THE ARCTIC AIRMASS?? DECIDED TO STAY CLOSE TO THE GFS MOS GUIDANCE THROUGH THE PERIOD. WITH THE LACK OF DEEP SNOW PACK...DONT FORESEE TEMPERATURES BEING MUCH COLDER. WILL CARRY PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH THE PERIOD. VERY DIFFICULT TO FORECAST SKY COVER WHEN DEALING WITH LAKE CLOUDS EXCLUSIVELY...AS PARTS OF A COUNTY CAN BE CLEAR WHILE THE OTHER PART OF THE COUNTY CAN BE CLOUDY DUE TO THE CONVECTIVE ROLLS. THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW SHOWERS DUE TO LAKE EFFECT APPEARS MINIMAL OVER THE NEXT 60 HOURS AS THE ETA BUFKIT SOUNDINGS ARE INDICATING THE INVERSION HEIGHT REMAINING GENERALLY BELOW 3000 FEET. HOWEVER...WILL BE MENTIONING A CHANCE OF FLURRIES WITH DECENT 925 MB RH INDICATED (GREATER THAN 80 PERCENT). THE BEST CHANCE FOR FLURRIES/SNOW SHOWERS LOOKS TO BE ON SATURDAY...AS A NICE STRIP OF 700 MB FGEN SETS UP UNDERNEATH THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF 130 KNOT JET STREAK. POLAR VORTEX OVER HUDSON BAY TO SLOWLY TRACK OFF TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HEIGHTS WILL FALL OVER THE WEEKEND...AS LONGWAVE TROUGH AXIS MOVES OVERHEAD ON SUNDAY. 850 MB TEMPS FORECASTED TO DROP TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...AS A SHORTWAVE/REINFORCING SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR TRACKS THROUGH THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS DO BEGIN TO DIVERGE ON THE STRENGTH OF THIS SHORTWAVE HOWEVER. THIS WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON OUR WIND DIRECTION AND INVERSION HEIGHTS...WHICH WILL DETERMINE OUR SNOW SHOWER CHANCES. UPPER LEVEL FLOW EXPECTED TO TREND TOWARD A MORE ZONAL PATTERN EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH A CLIPPER RACING INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BY TUESDAY NIGHT. WITH THE CLIPPER EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY MORNING...HAVE BUMPED UP TEMPERATURES AND EXTENDED THE CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS INTO WEDNESDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... CLINTON RIVER NEAR CLINTON TOWNSHIP AND SHIAWASSEE RIVER AT OWOSSO ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS OF LEVELING OFF AS THE COLDER CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO THE REGION. THE OTHER WARNINGS LOOKS TO BE ON TARGET...WITH JUST MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED. WILL BE ALLOWING THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY FOR LENAWEE AND MONROE COUNTIES TO EXPIRE. && .DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MI...NONE. .LAKE HURON...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...OUTER SAGINAW BAY AND NEARSHORE WATERS...TODAY. .LAKE ST CLAIR...NONE. .MI WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...NONE. && SF/SC/KEK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 400 PM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-151200- BAY MI-GENESEE MI-HURON MI-LAPEER MI-LENAWEE MI-LIVINGSTON MI- MACOMB MI-MIDLAND MI-MONROE MI-OAKLAND MI-SAGINAW MI-SANILAC MI- SHIAWASSEE MI-ST. CLAIR MI-TUSCOLA MI-WASHTENAW MI-WAYNE MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ADRIAN...ANN ARBOR...BAD AXE...BAY CITY... CARO...DOWNTOWN DETROIT...FLINT...HOWELL...LAPEER...MIDLAND... MONROE...MOUNT CLEMENS...OWOSSO...PONTIAC...PORT HURON... SAGINAW AND SANDUSKY 400 PM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERAL RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW ON WEDNESDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPS SOUTH FROM CENTRAL CANADA AND TRACKS THROUGH THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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- 400 PM EST FRI JAN 14 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE OUTER SAGINAW BAY AND NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE HURON. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR OUTER SAGINAW BAY AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE HURON WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. CONSIDINE/GSS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The River Raisin at Blissfield went above its 683 foot stage at 4 pm EST on the 14th. The river crested at 683.65 feet at 8 am EST on the 15th, then fell back below flood stage at midnight of the 17th.
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: 5436512.