Deep moisture, associated with the remnants of tropical system Barry, interacted with a slow moving cold front and resulted in numerous thunderstorms with intense rainfall for much of the afternoon west of US-23. Radar indicated 4 to 6 inches of rain fell between 1300 EST and 1600 EST on Sunday June 3rd.
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The episode as NWS DTX wrote it up.
Deep moisture, associated with the remnants of tropical system Barry, interacted with a slow moving cold front and resulted in numerous thunderstorms with intense rainfall for much of the afternoon west of US-23. Radar indicated 4 to 6 inches of rain fell between 1300 EST and 1600 EST on Sunday June 3rd. The heaviest rain fell from Parkers Corner in Livingston County to just northwest of Manchester and as far east as Hell and Chelsea with Gregory caught in the middle. Runoff from the heavy rain caused a significant rise on the upper chain of lakes, including Patterson, Bass, Half Moon, Bruin, etc. Lake levels rose for several days and reached unofficial record levels on Thursday June 7th when flood waters reportedly peaked. Shoreline flooding along the inland lakes affected many homes and cottages. It took nearly 2 weeks for lake levels to recede to original levels. In addition to the flooding, a downburst of wind coming out of a thunderstorm struck the ground and caused localized damage in extreme southeastern Monroe County.
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 Jun 3, 10:40 AM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1140 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 .UPDATE... AN INTERESTING NEAR TERM UNDERWAY WITH CWA WEDGED BETWEEN OLD STACKED NUISANCE UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER PRAIRIE DU CHIEN/WI AND BARRY REMNANTS SWIRLING OVER SOUTH CAROLINA. MAIN STORY THROUGHOUT THE DAY WILL BE THE NUMEROUS TO PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIFTING THROUGH THE LOWER PENINSULA. TWO DISTINCT AREAS TO WATCH THIS AFTERNOON FOR FOCUS OF ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY. THE FIRST WILL BE THE DEEPER MOISTURE BAND TRYING TO BACK INTO FAR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN/LAKE ERIE/LAKE ST CLAIR. LATEST NAM HAS TRENDED TOWARDS THE LATE NIGHT FLAVOR OF GFS IN ALLOWING THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT TO OUR EAST SLIDING DUE NORTH AFFECTING OUR FAR EASTERN CWA. THE SECOND FOCUSED AREA WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW TO MIDLEVEL CONFLUENT BAND/SHORTWAVE ENERGY PINWHEELING AROUND UPPER MIDWEST VORTEX. THIS CONVERGENT ZONE...ALONG THE DRY SLOT...HAS WORKED INTO ILLINOIS/INDIANA. A FEW BREAKS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE LATER FOR THE FAR WESTERN CWA AS DRIER AIR TRIES TO WORK NORTHEASTWARD. THIS WILL CAUSE A SPIKE IN INSTABILITY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA/WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN WITH INITIATION OF ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS EVENING...WILL NEED FURTHER MONITORING. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS VIGOROUS TODAY VS YESTERDAY WITH CAPE VALUES LESS THAN 2000 J/KG FOR AREAS THAT DO BREAK OUT AND EVEN LESS 0-6KM BULK SHEAR. ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER WILL YIELD LOWER MAX TEMPS TODAY....DROPPED A FEW DEGREES IN ALL AREAS...LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF DIFFERENTIAL HEATING/LAKE BREEZE/OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL DETERRENT TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE GREATEST THREAT OF STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINS WITH A PWAT OF 1.33 INCHES IN THE 12Z DTX SOUNDING (NEAR 165 PERCENT OF NORMAL). WEATHER AND POPS LEFT AS IS. && .PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED 746 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 AVIATION... THE 12Z TAFS REFLECT THE CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER TREND WITH LIGHT FOG/MIST...HAZE...AND OCCASIONAL SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF SLOWLY ADVANCING LOW FROM THE WEST. TAFS SHOW THE BEST OVERALL VISIBILITIES THIS AFTERNOON...THANKS TO MIXING. THUNDER MENTION TO BE CONFINED TO PERIOD OF BEST INSTABILITY...19Z TO 22Z...WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 2 MILES IN TEMPO GROUP THEN. HAVE LOWERED PREVAILING VISIBILITIES TO 2 MILES IN MIST/LIGHT FOG LATE TONIGHT...ALONG WITH CEILINGS ABOUT 12 HUNDRED FEET...AS INDICATED BY GFS AND NAM TIME SECTIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY. PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED 426 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 SHORT TERM...THROUGH TODAY GOOD MODEL CONSENSUS EXISTS DEPICTING A LONG LIVED 500 MB LOW OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DRIFTING SLIGHTLY EAST TODAY AS REMNANTS OF BARRY MOVE UP THE EAST COAST. AT THE SURFACE...MODELS PORTRAY A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED IN THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION...ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW ALOFT...SLOWLY EDGING EAST TODAY AS WELL. GOOD MODEL CONSENSUS SEEN TOWARD HIGHER DEGREE OF SATURATION IN 850 TO 500 MB LAYER TODAY AS COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. 925 MB RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALSO SOMEWHAT ENRICHED TODAY...PARTLY DUE TO A LITTLE COOLER TEMPERATURES TODAY. OCCASIONAL OMEGA ASCENT OF SEVERAL UBAR/SEC SEEN AT TIMES TODAY VIA MODEL CONSENSUS. 850 TO 500 MB QVECTOR CONVERGENCE SLIGHT TODAY AS WELL...ALONG WITH MODEL LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AS SEEN AT 250 MB AND SLIGHT 305K ISENTROPIC ASCENT...ALL SUPPORTING HIGH POP PRECIPITATION MENTION TODAY. CURRENT RADAR TRENDS AND MODEL DATA SUPPORT A BIT OF A LULL IN SHOWERS/THUNDER INTO THE MORNING HOURS...THEN MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ONCE AGAIN AS THE DAY WEARS ON. EXPECT GROWING INSTABILITY/LESSENING OF CONVECTIVE INHIBITION AGAIN THIS MORNING. LOW TO MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AS PER MODELS SEEN NOT AS STEEP AS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...WITH CAPES STRUGGLING TO NEAR 1000 JOULES...THOUGH TOTAL TOTALS SHOULD REACH NEAR 50 AGAIN WITH K INDICES INTO THE 30S. ZERO TO 6 KM BULK SHEAR RELATIVELY WEAK TODAY...BECOMING STRONGER WEST OF SOUTHEAST MI TODAY...FOR BETTER SUPPORT FOR ROBUST/ORGANIZED CONVECTION WEST OF OUR AREA. LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY UPPER LEVEL CIRCULATION APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BARRY WILL GET WRAPPED INTO THE DEVELOPING BROAD TROUGH FROM THE EAST EARLY ON MONDAY. MEANWHILE...SHORTWAVE ENERGY CURRENTLY SEEN ON WATER VAPOR OVER THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES...WILL PLUNGE SOUTH HELPING TO CARVE OUT THE TROUGH. ALL OF THIS LEADS TO DEEPENING OF THE SYSTEM FOLLOWED BY A QUICK BUT STRONG PUSH OF COLD AIR ON TUESDAY. ON SUNDAY NIGHT...MODELS SHOW THE DRY-SLOT LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. AT THE SAME TIME...A WEAK COLD FRONT AND SURFACE TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. MEAN LAYER RH WILL BE OVER 90 PERCENT AHEAD OF THE DRY SLOT WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 1.50 INCHES. THE WHOLE SYSTEM WILL UNDERGO DEEPENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND THIS SHOULD LEAD TO SHOWER ACTIVITY CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT. MODELS IN AGREEMENT SHOWING A NARROW RIBBON OF LIFTED INDEX VALUES BELOW ZERO WITH A FEW HUNDRED JOULES OF CAPE SUPPORTING THE MENTION OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE MILD FOR ANOTHER NIGHT...ONLY FALLING INTO THE 60S. AS MODELS CONTINUE TO SLOW DOWN THIS SYSTEM...MONDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY. A FEW BREAKS OF SUN ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING BEFORE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE AREA. MID LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO COOL AIDING THE DESTABILIZATION PROCESS AND SOUNDINGS INDICATE 1000-1500 J/KG OF CAPE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE CWA DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND FIELD WILL BE LIGHT WITH ONLY 15 TO 20 KNOTS OF SHEAR THROUGH THE COLUMN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY BE DISORGANIZED. DEPENDING HIGHLY ON THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY...AN ISOLATED PULSE SEVERE STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN THROUGH MID AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL FINALLY START TO PULL OFF TO THE EAST MONDAY NIGHT BUT WILL BRING A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH OUR EASTERN CWA IN ITS WAKE. THE FRONTAL PUSH WILL BE FOCUSED ACROSS THE THUMB/LAKE HURON AND FURTHER EAST...BUT SOME DEGREE OF COOLING WILL BE FELT EVERYWHERE. 00Z RAOBS SHOWED 850MB TEMPS OF -3 TO -6 ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE OVER THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN BRINGING A STRONG COLD PUSH SOUTH AND WILL EXPECT 850MB TEMPS TO FALL TO AT LEAST 2C OVER LAKE HURON. HAVE LOWERED TEMPS ABOUT 5 DEGREES AREA WIDE KEEPING THE NORTHERN THUMB IN THE UPPER 50S WITH A BREEZY NORTH WIND OFF LAKE HURON. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN OVER THE CONUS FINALLY BECOMES MORE PROGRESSIVE BY MIDWEEK AS THE GREAT LAKES TROUGH LIFTS TOWARDS THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. THE RIDGE OVER THE WEST WILL BREAK DOWN AS ENERGY OFF THE COAST MOVES ONSHORE AND THE VORTEX OVER HUDSON BAY PIVOTS TO THE WEST. THE RIDGE QUICKLY STARTS TO BUILD OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH SHORTWAVE ENERGY EJECTING OUT OF THE WESTERN TROUGH...TRACKING THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST BY LATE IN THE WEEK. CHANCE POPS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH...FOLLOWED BY A WEAK COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY. MARINE... HIGH AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE REGION WILL CAUSE AREAS OF FOG OVER THE COOL OPEN WATERS OF LAKE HURON. THIS HIGH MOISTURE ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTRIBUTE TO PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LAKES THROUGH MONDAY. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH WIND GUSTS FOR NEARSHORE AREAS. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE UNTIL THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS LAKE HURON. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR TUESDAY AS WINDS AND WAVES INCREASE WITH INCREASING INSTABILITY OVER THE LAKES. && .DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...NONE. LAKE HURON...NONE. LAKE ST CLAIR...NONE. MI WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...NONE. && UPDATE.......CB AVIATION.....DWD SHORT TERM...DWD LONG TERM....KEK MARINE.......KEK YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 508 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-040915- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER- ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 508 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...BECOMING SCATTERED OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ARE GENERALLY NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WILL TRACK TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL BE A RESULT OF AMPLE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AHEAD OF A SLOWLY APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TRAVERSE THE REGION. THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM THURSDAY TO FRIDAY AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-441>443-462>464-040915- ST. CLAIR RIVER-DETROIT RIVER-LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE-OUTER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY- PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- LAKE HURON OFFSHORE BEYOND 5 NM FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI- LAKE HURON OFFSHORE BEYOND 5 NM FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- LAKE HURON OFFSHORE BEYOND 5 NM FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 508 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ST CLAIR...THE MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AND LAKE HURON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...BECOMING SCATTERED OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ARE GENERALLY NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WILL TRACK TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL BE A RESULT OF AMPLE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AHEAD OF A SLOWLY APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TRAVERSE THE REGION. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR ALL NEARSHORE WATERS AND LAKE ST CLAIR LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OVER THE REGION. THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM THURSDAY TO FRIDAY AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. KAHL YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:02 UTC.
2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A local newspaper article reported at least 8 utility poles, along M-125 between Sterns and Benore Roads, had snapped in half due to high winds in a thunderstorm. Total damages were estimated at roughly $20K.
Local newspaper reports confirmed a couple dozen homes sustained flood damage. Five and a half inches of rain in only a few hours caused about a dozen basements to flood around the Gregory area on the evening of June 3rd. Additional basement flooding occurred later in the week around Lake Patterson, which finally peaked on Thursday June 7th. Flood waters finally began to recede that night. Total property damages were estimated at roughly $400K.
A local newspaper reported basement flooding around a few of the inland lakes in extreme northwest Washtenaw County. Four to six inches of rain fell in just a few short hours on Sunday June 3rd. Inland lake levels slowly rose during the week, and eventually led to some minor flooding by mid-week. Total property damages were estimated at roughly $50K.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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